The Windmills of Your Mind - Cheryl Penn

[Marie Wintzer]

It was nice to see Cheryl's circled envelopes in my mail box again. Because it all started with those same circles on her envelopes several months ago (well, it was the circles of my mice back then, but still).

Cheryl's chapter is traveling deep into the machinery of one's mind. Those circles and wheels aren't just going to turn on their own, are they :-)) Just like the music that comes out of an instrument is the result of well defined mechanisms and the score follows very precise rules.
It is also the most asemic chapter I got so far (even though I suspect Cheryl of writing actual words and sentences disguised as asemics). Those windmills turning in our mind sometimes speak asemic, even to oneself. I know mine do, all the time.
Thank you Cheryl, I'm always saying this is another great chapter to what is going to be a great book, but it truly is! Aligato HS!...

 

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Marie, you are a super trooper! 'So glad you have a mail art "addiction...keeps your mind creative amongst all that shakin' and quakin'. This is a great blog and so love seeing Cheryl's Windmills! a beauty in "secret writings" - asemic writings. Yes, I noticed that there are messages in those "word knots", and I so enjoy "translating" Cheryl's penmanship...which is artistic, flowing, and, at times, logically readable, oh yes!

[Marie Wintzer]

Gotcha HS!! About your "asemics". I'm quite proud of that one. Or was it actually obvious to everyone? ;-))

(You and DW got 2 similar ones, yes)

[cheryl penn]

Hello You two - nice to congregate - even if in the air only :-) Marie thank you for a FAB blog.  Truth be told, yes, you're right - I wrote stuff - personal stuff - in asemic disguise :-).  For me asemics are textual mind doodles - writing systems in the shadows - meaningless they are not - to me!!! BUT did I want these things understood - DEF NOT!!! :-))) It has become important to formulate some sort of opinion on all these various subjects, otherwise one is awash in the sea of signs and language.  I received a similar drawing from you as D.W. - thank you - the starkness of it in the turmoil of Japan - its very evocative of what the people of Japan must go though - evidence of life but so barren in execution.  Poles waiting like dominoes to fall :-(. Yesterday you wrote that there was another large aftershock :-( I hope you are ok sweetest C.B of them all.

[Marie Wintzer]

I think it takes my mind off of all the events. I feel like I am in a cozy protective mail art bubble. If any award it should be for addiction! I think I love you guys too much ;-))

[De Villo Sloan]

Marie, you should receive some kind of award for dedication to mail-art. The whole world is reeling with more news from Japan, and here you are blogging. On the train to Hiroshima you made mail-art for the CLP. Amazing. The windmills project is producing some good work, that's for sure.