MaoMao's Blog (17)

[I love that in this original version of the poem, there was an address at the bottom, and it was Allen Ginsberg's personal postal address. I sometimes wonder if this post box still exists, or if they had to cancel it because the new owners keep getting mail from people touched by Ginsberg's poetry?]

"I will send a picture, too

if you will send me one…

Fun postcard by Jimmy Connors, who thinks outside the box...I really like that.

Mandible, from Cascadia Artpost...and kitty cat artistamp, Bud. …

Played with tiny cut-up letters on an old T-shirt, today. Making anagrams of my name and...well, it should be fairly obvious whose name this is...…

Hellooo, Jane! Thank you so much, it's LOVELY, my friends were with me when I picked it up, made everyone jealous!

For just $1 at the Salvation Army op shop I picked up this "Become a Rainbow Unicorn" Adolescent starter pack...

It's got EVERYTHING:

• pink
• rainbow
• lovehearts
• metallic
• polka dots
• stripes
• triangles
• brush calligraphy, it says "TIME IS…

Hot on the heels of my slow reply comes your next piece of mail art:…

My birthday fell on the same day as the LNY this year, so one of the presents I got was a big packet of postage stamps...

including this booklet of the Chinese zodiac animals ranged around a central circular lotus stamp...

6 February from Bruce: 155 grams of mail art. Whoa. Enough Occussi-Ambeno artiststamps to half fill an album, and the entire Sultanate's diplomatic press packet of reading material.

Diak ka lai, Bruce, boas entradas! Don't know what I can possibly send back that would be of interest to you, but I will think of something. Obrigada barak! N…

Ooh, thanks Bonniediva for all the little goodies in this fun envelope. The Cascadia Artpost stamps are a pleasant surprise. 4 weeks seems to be the average for mail between our continents, so expect something from me in early March. :) xx Nat…

Debra, your wayward envelope finally made it today! Hooray! Thanks for the little goodies inside. Intrigued by the embossed bookmark, very unusual, did you make it?

Я благодарю вас за то, что прислали мне один из ваших почтовых коллажей6. Старые марки очень красивые. Мой ответ через 4 недели. С уважением, Наташа

I loved the envelope so much, especially the fantastic Adanaland stamps, so good! And the little cat envelope inside is purrrrfect...I've been found out, I'm really a cat who makes mail art when the humans are away...

Richard, I use a similar font (Willow, I think from the Glasgow School?...) so I send you back my version. :) and a smattering of my artistamps. Check your mailbox in...3 weeks? ha ha ha

THANK YOU for the art! N.…

THANK YOU for the postcard. Picked it up from the PO on the 14th of January.

xx

Nat

PS. The dragon stamps are lovely, too.…

Thanks for the mail, Richard, loved the Meanwhile comics, fantastic idea!