Zack's Blog – October 2023 Archive (13)

divine visitors showed up in my mailbox!

the snake goddess of Crete (sporting a cat on her head) arrived by way of Athens --

-- along with a serene visage and, naturally, Athena

thanks…

"Things I Forgot"

this fantastic collage kind of reminds me of the paintings of Neo Rauch (similar forms and palette). 

and the envelope it arrived in calls to mind the dream sequence in Hitchcock's  "Spellbound" -- look! Dali himself showed up to check it out ];-)…

a panel of 'red rage' stamps!

and in the same envelope, a CAT [Crevicist Aptitude Test] (from Nonlocal Variable) --

as well as an excerpt from the summer edition of The Eastlake News --…

now this envelope, from the Blue Bunny Club, was very gratifying to open, as it contained --

several copies of the booklet "Birds of a Feather", a three-way collaboration (Mindaugas, CMB and me) - what a lovely surprise!

[sideways shout-out to Katerina, who recommended i send altered pages from Mindaugas to CMB - what a functional…

finally posting these intriguing squares, which arrived last month...

i wonder if they are cut-up se(le)ctions from a large image, perhaps a map of another green world?

i'm not a tea drinker, but that guy with the paddle looks like he might not take no for an answer!

trying to stay zen about it all...

thanks S.

latest series of blotter quilts; who wants mail?

autumn 2023 edition of Cascadia's Coffee Clutch --

happy to report that i could answer half of the trivia questions correctly ]:-)

nice decorations on the envelope, too --

thanks…

interesting take on Etsy, a smashing quartet of ATCs, +

nemo has been found!

thanks for all the (flux)fish ];-)

this vibrant centaur arrives from Portugal -

and the flipside features the 'chamber pot of Damocles' (if i understand correctly) - 

also, digging the portuguese postage -…

where design meets dasein. it's always great to receive such warm sentiments along with the carefully constructed paper assemblages; it must be sunny all the time where Mikel lives...

gracias amigo!

this lovely collage arrived from Moscow about 999,999 days ago...

yes, i'm just a little behind ];-)

speciba Ilya - keep calm and mail art on

speciba Ilya

hidden inside the vintage postage and postcard...

...i was surprised to find two DADALand eggs! 

(can you spot 'em?)

i like how they have been camouflaged into the three cheese…