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Mail Art News #92: September 9, 2026

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  95% J. Motsch / 5% T. Brown, collage collab, 2026 Here I go playing mail art publishing magnate again. Mail Art News #100 is on the horizon...if you're into such things. It could be a meaningless milestone in the grand scheme of things, but it just goes to show you how efforts accumulate into something you can look back on and say that you've come a long way.  Warning: I will be including some stream of consciousness text, probably song lyrics. I will denote with: ♫ in such cases.  ♫ What goes on in your mind? ♫ In the archives, I found a postcard with " boremachine.art " written on it, so I visited and there's some cool mail art there.  AS SEEN ON:  boremachine.art Recommended listening for this blog post or basically anything you're doing:  Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima . From Terry Reid (or not?) on Facebook:  Terry Reid I debated about snarking. ♫ Let the bad guy win every once in a while? ♫ By that I mean should I let my ability to qui...
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Mail Art News # 91: August 13, 2026

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  T. Brown collaboration with Mick Boyle Collaboration with  Mick Boyle . "This is what they raise in Kansas. Don't write until I write again.  -J. Selask" Ross Wright Generoso Vella Generoso Vella Generoso Vella from Fausto Grossi to Lux of the Agony Love call Joey Patrickt outgoing, T. Brown outgoing, T. Brown outgoing, T. Brown Mailed some of these out. Let's see if anyone stamps anything inside the TV.  outgoing, T. Brown from Frips to Zack Let's get a closer look at that cat stamp. See ya next time.  Ross Wright
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Mail Art News #90: Crazy Little Thing Called Mail Art, July 30, 2026

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from Catherine Mahoney to Awyn   What a striking image from IUOMA, really the place to see the latest in mail art. I will say that most of the creations there -- I don't resonate with. They don't call out to me, but some do. And it is those that I will include here. Yes we all know by now that I subscribe to a golden rule of mail art: "Send what you'd like to receive." And if I get too critical, I stop myself and remind myself that these artists are not creating for me specifically. They're creating for themselves and if anyone likes it, then great. Who am I, some kind of totalitarian? trying to tell everyone else what to think and how to feel? At some point it seems that live and let live and viva la difference became you will be assimilated .  What is driving all of that? Let me know, if you know. Perhaps it has to do with the concept of "lock-in" where someone(s) make decisions about how things should work and then we're all stuck with the c...
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