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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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Mail Art News #89: Zorica Obradović

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    Zorica Obradović , from Kragujevac, Serbia What is mail art? What is mail art not? Not much I can do about it either way. I contacted two people online to see if they had anything to say. One did and one did not. Surprisingly,  Zorica Obradović  had plenty to say without much effort on my part, which is all I'm asking for. You talk, I blog. Thomas Brown (TB): Do you have anything you would like to say to the readers of Mail Art News?  Zorica Obradović (ZO):   [Translated from Serbian by Gmail]: These are not the only threads that connect us ~  Thanks for asking. Thanks for your inquisitive nature. I come from a small country, and the chances that you have even heard of it are slim to none unless you walk within its borders. I am also an inhabitant of the planet Earth, which carries a similar probability of being known to you if you are not currently at that location. Therefore, that is not a strong enough argument to spin a web of complexes around...
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Mail Art News #88: Nov 2025 - July 3, 2026

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T. Brown, color pencils and rubber stamp on envelope, on outgoing, Nov 2025 Looook, it's been a year, so I'm not going to stress myself with doing a superb art history nerd job at this blog post, AND I may not be blogging again any time soon. So here it is, enjoy. Take a break from deciphering your bizarre dreams and have a look at my corner of the mail art universe. Have you ever wondered: "What does discoflux mean?"  I have. So I looked it up.  From Google: "In the satirical Erisian (or Discordian) religion, Discoflux is a religious holiday celebrated on the 50th day of the season of Discord (which corresponds to May 3rd on the Gregorian calendar). It is one of the five seasonal flux holidays mentioned in the Principia Discordia ." You are invited! (See below.) T. Brown, outgoing, July 2026 Mail Art Call from Discoflux : Clouds T. Brown, outgoing, July 2026 Discoflux has also sent photos of two different mail art exhibits over the past year, but I negle...
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