Censored Stories--the Brilliance of Marie Wintzer

[Thom Courcelle]

"How?" I ask, "HOW...does she come up with such brilliant, delicate work to send through the mail?" Always so mysterious, so many details to be picked-through... I often want to attach some grandiose meaning or subtext to Marie's work because it so often seems like there is a great Story behind it.  It often feels like a top secret spy document encrypted with shadowy knowledge that will either change or save the world forever...

The relay from Agent 007 containing the encryption deciphering code was never received for Marie's latest mystery adventure.  Therefore, I am debriefing the entire network of IUOMA specialists for assistance.  If you are unable to crack the code, please enjoy the artwork for its esoteric and aesthetic values:

The envelope gave some clue as to the magical contents that would follow...

Call this one, "The Case of the Mysterious Floating Woman."  The case folder contained:

If this is a banquet hall seating chart, we have our work cut out for us!

The Ambassador from Russia simply CANNOT sit next to the Countess from Peru!  "And why did you murmur '37' and repeat it three times?"  The total number of roofies put in the punch bowl?

It's going down in Tokyo.

If we're not careful, this confidential info could get us into hot water!

Double exposed--poetic machinations.  It was messing with my crane-ium. Are these words supposed to "raise-up" my spirits?

Krykee! It's been censored!  Someone's infiltrated the postal service!  They're onto us!

Whatever these State secrets are, they will remain a mystery for now.  Thanks, Marie, for the detail that went into such magnificent treasure. I can't imagine the time involved with slicing, dicing, and pasting that amount of text!!!  But I can and will spend hours with it; let my imagination blossom from it; and never get bored.  It's like visiting an amazing gallery show in my very own home.  WHoowHEEeee!  Truly, some of the art that I get--like Marie's--is even better than some gallery shows I have visited.  Brava.

[DKeys]

Beautiful! I'm entranced by the envelope right off the bat. Great photos Thom thanks for blogging

[cheryl penn]

I'm writing about something similar right now - I didn't think of censorship - its a good point :-) X

[Marie Wintzer]

Thom!! Woow, way way too many compliments! But I'll take them, because your blog is fantastic! Thank you! cp-sa is right, it's a great read. Messing with crane-iums :-))  Blogs are always great gifts and you sure wrapped this one up with beautiful paper. Thank you....

[cheryl penn]

Thom - a wonderful blog as usual :-) - and Marie - you keep us on our toes for sure with your Cut-it-out! stories - well thats what I call them :-) - Thom, think I'll go with your version - its a good read for an early Monday morning :-) XX