MAIL ART NEWS

  collage by Jason Motsch, seen on Facebook 5-5-2023 Don't stop 'til you get enough...mail art and mail art news, that is. Today, on the final day of my three-day weekend, I have found many things to show you. You can expect increased activity from me on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Now, let's dive in.  I knew this would happen at some point. Eventually, I was going to feel compelled to comment on the potential meanings of a collage. Here is my take on the above collage from Jason Motsch .  I see it as a bird or plane, representing an individual in motion, whose head is kind of a speech bubble. The theme of motivating factors comes to mind.  Within the speech bubble, there is a landscape and door representing some promised or expected environment ahead, though there may be some unknowns (dark door), but even then the destination will only be temporary because there's the door again which could lead to the next destination or is the door to be avoided? Once a p...

This is a decorated envelope that was too good to send out, but I will send it out one day.  The administrative coordinator at work is very intuitive. She's always having these aha moments. Super smart. I hope they give her a raise. Well, they should really give all of us a raise to keep up with inflation, but she deserves an extra raise.               Nonlocal Variable: Thanks for making time to tell us more about yourself and Mail Art News. The News is such a great idea. What gave you the inspiration to start it up? TB: Thank you. Thank you. In March / April 2023, I was going through my archives of things I'd made and posted to social media over the years. These were things I decided I could part with, and so the result was that I sent out about 55 pieces of mail domestically and internationally in March / April. I was really drumming it up and in the excitement, I decided: Mail Art News. Going through the archives was a retr...