I’m trying to catch up. Yes, yes, I make postcards much faster than I can post. That’s a known fact. So when we went east, I even made postcards on the plane. It sure made the time go faster. Even the delays and cancellations on the airline that I am not supposed to mention the [...]
Archive for June, 2010
catching up…
Posted in Mail Art Sent on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
nuestro lugar en el mundo/our place in the world
Posted in Mail Art Sent on June 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Seeing that I am finally home for a weekend with my cats and girlfriend, today I will post on the theme of home. Our place in the world and where we choose to be is the theme of Claudia Ligorria’s mail art call. I have done a good bit of wandering in my life. I have lived [...]
a full mail box
Posted in Mail Art Received on June 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I hadn’t been able to check my post office box for over a week. When I finally did, I found some wonderful surprises. I just love getting all this visual creativity in the mail! Okasdaskat sent me this rich red collage. I totally dig red. I also received this cool piece from Xtina Solano. [...]
crazy cat lady
Posted in Beyond Postcards, Cats, Mail Art Sent, tagged Cats on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have the back up phone again which means that it has now been a week since I have been home. My sweetheart came to see me on Sunday, but I have yet to see the cats. I miss them tremendously. I didn’t realize exactly how much their absence was affecting me until last night. [...]
politics and packaging
Posted in Mail Art Sent, Politics on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As I tried to decide which of my postcards to share next, I got stuck on this alliteration. Politics and packaging it is! POLITICS I sent the following large postcard to the “World Without Water/Le Monde Sans Eau” mail art call. Some of you know that I have a bit of an issue with bottled water [...]
i have mail!
Posted in Beyond Postcards, Mail Art Received on June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Nearly every time that I go to my post office box these days, I have mail! It is so exciting. Here are some of the recent surprises that I have received from people who I know as well as others who I have never met except through the mail. The first two are from activist friends of [...]
trust the mess
Posted in Inspiration, Negativity on June 14, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I was struck with a pang of negative thoughts this weekend: Your postcards are so unprofressional compared to other people’s ”mail art.” You are not an artist. You don’t even know how to use paint. “Real mail” art uses paint. Your edges are ragged and sometimes you smudge your ink. Your collages are simplistic. All you [...]
my red period
Posted in Mail Art Sent on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I still haven’t shared all of the postcards that I sent out during my first postcard creation craze in April, much less those that I made since or all those that I have received in the mail. Trying to catch up, I will post examples of my red period today.
nyc and home
Posted in Inspiration on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have been off visiting my padres and visiting the great city of NYC. While I am now quite exhausted, I have to say that going East often fills me with visual inspirations. Overwhelmed by it all really. We started the week off with the death of a great artist, Louise Bourgeois. She has influenced me as [...]
organic mail art
Posted in Beyond Postcards, Mail Art Sent, Organic on June 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have always loved collecting things on my walks, especially organic matter. Seeing that such finds are so special to me, I’ve been wanting to incorporate them onto my postcards. So far, I’ve had very good luck and they have gone through the mail in one piece. I do my best to use a good enough amount of glue [...]
