Comments - Retrospective-In-A-Bag by Jayne Lyons (Lakeville, Minnesota, USA) - International Union of Mail-Artists2024-03-28T12:56:56Zhttps://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2496677%3ABlogPost%3A2313144&xn_auth=noAhhh, there's young (20-somet…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2019-04-20:2496677:Comment:23135442019-04-20T23:45:09.421ZJayne Barket Lyonshttps://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/JayneBarketLyons
<p><span>Ahhh, there's young (20-something) JBL playing the sax! Love this LEGENDS OF TRASHPO stamp!</span></p>
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<p><span>Sure glad I jumped right in! Heck, I'm getting old and there's no time to waste! Haha!</span></p>
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<p><span>But seriously - I am glad to push myself. I like trying new things. Over time I'll probably find that some aspects of m-a are not a fit, or I'm not very good at it. That's okay, though. I'm enjoying the ride, which is all that…</span></p>
<p><span>Ahhh, there's young (20-something) JBL playing the sax! Love this LEGENDS OF TRASHPO stamp!</span></p>
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<p><span>Sure glad I jumped right in! Heck, I'm getting old and there's no time to waste! Haha!</span></p>
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<p><span>But seriously - I am glad to push myself. I like trying new things. Over time I'll probably find that some aspects of m-a are not a fit, or I'm not very good at it. That's okay, though. I'm enjoying the ride, which is all that matters!</span></p>
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<p><span>Yes, you DO support the eternal network! I appreciate that about you! :)</span></p>
<p></p> Great mailing, Jaine. It feel…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2019-04-20:2496677:Comment:23133162019-04-20T04:07:28.760ZDe Villo Sloanhttps://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/DeVilloSloan
<p>Great mailing, Jaine. It feels like you've been in the network a lot longer than a year ;)</p>
<p>I think you hold the record for the most stamps made of you-about you in their first year. I don't think DK had that many stamps made about her that early.</p>
<p>Going right into Trashpo and not appearing at all intimidated to interact w/ the people was very good. Mail art is supposed to be like that. Sometimes I think newer folk are intimidated. Then you went right into asemics & vispo,…</p>
<p>Great mailing, Jaine. It feels like you've been in the network a lot longer than a year ;)</p>
<p>I think you hold the record for the most stamps made of you-about you in their first year. I don't think DK had that many stamps made about her that early.</p>
<p>Going right into Trashpo and not appearing at all intimidated to interact w/ the people was very good. Mail art is supposed to be like that. Sometimes I think newer folk are intimidated. Then you went right into asemics & vispo, which actually could be daunting. But again m-a is about equality & mutual support. (Sure you'll regret some of those early pieces someday ;) but you jumped right in.) I think it's great you are curious about the history because without it every new wave of people, every new generation faces "re-inventing the wheel" without some sense of where any of this came from.</p>
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<p>You raise some interesting points. Real quick:</p>
<p>"one trick pony" - I don't want to be one either. But in art & writing you see a lot of very successful people who basically do the same piece over & over again. It can work. (Variety can too, of course.) I know poetry best so I can safely say it's amazing how poets write the same poem over and over again. I've always contended - much to the horror of others - that the great John Ashbery wrote the same poem over & over. Not the exact words, but a formula that always resulted in the same outcome of pulling a rabbit out of a hat & then being gone.</p>
<p>"long haul" folks - In the text I tried to name some of the at IUOMA members who go back decades, some to Ray Johnson himself & others to things like Neoism, the zines etc. I make no claim to be a Richard C nor a CrackerJack Kid nor Ruud Janssen. I was in the network through most of the 80s & to the early 90s & saw some of the great eras of the network. I was connected to the zines in particular, which I believe are & were wonderful, But I left for a LONG time. I was pretty well forgotten (although people like JMB & Miekal And new me & I think Fike remembered - I've always been a Fike fan.) I know many IUOMAns understand the intensity of doing this non-stop. And I was gone a long time, so I'm not really on these Pillars of the Eternal Network but I am very pleased to do what I can to support it now because it had such a tremendous impact on my life. But I am no Picasso Gaglione or Sinclair Scripa & do not claim that.</p>
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<p>"vintage ruler" - my parents were big antique people so about everything I have has some curious history.</p>
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<p>Take care</p> BTW - Your old ruler caught m…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2019-04-19:2496677:Comment:23134562019-04-19T14:04:58.079ZJayne Barket Lyonshttps://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/JayneBarketLyons
<p>BTW - Your old ruler caught my eye! Whenever I’m at estate sales I look for vintage rulers and yardsticks. Nice advertising pieces!!</p>
<p>BTW - Your old ruler caught my eye! Whenever I’m at estate sales I look for vintage rulers and yardsticks. Nice advertising pieces!!</p> Hi De Villo! As always, I app…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2019-04-19:2496677:Comment:23132302019-04-19T14:01:11.612ZJayne Barket Lyonshttps://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/JayneBarketLyons
<p><span>Hi De Villo! As always, I appreciate you taking the time to feature my work in one of your blog posts. Thank you so much, friend! When it comes to art, I do what comes naturally to me - rubber stamping, collage, paper crafts, doodling. I I need to continue to think outside of the box. I wouldn’t want to be a one-trick pony. You and all who have been in m-a for the long haul have my deepest respect! JBL</span></p>
<p><span>Hi De Villo! As always, I appreciate you taking the time to feature my work in one of your blog posts. Thank you so much, friend! When it comes to art, I do what comes naturally to me - rubber stamping, collage, paper crafts, doodling. I I need to continue to think outside of the box. I wouldn’t want to be a one-trick pony. You and all who have been in m-a for the long haul have my deepest respect! JBL</span></p>