I find myself reflecting on the art of correspondence as I engage in the art of creating a postcard this morning, on the sacred and enduring place that written co-respondence with others holds in my life.
Two sentences embedded in Jane McCafferty’s novel One Heart catch my one heart and my notice. I parse them into a smile of a poem.
And I like checking
the mail each day
because it turns out
Gladys is a letter writer.
She doesn’t write so often,
but the letters she does write,
it’s worth the wait,
if you can read the penmanship.
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| Clean and Sharp as Pepper 4 x 5.5" postcard, acrylic, ink, and collage abstract 2021 |
8 comments:
There is a lot of rhythm here,the little black dots, the black curving mark making, the repetitive triangle, and the swishes of blue wide strokes! Reminds me somehow of a jam session! Co-correspondence is so important in these days of isolation!
oh my gosh, jam session! yes! love that perception.
Carol, I know you've set the intention to grow your proficiency at seeing and naming visual language/elements —— and I am definitely the beneficiary of your success in doing so. Thank you!
I'm so grateful that we are co-responding ;-)!
yes yes yes!!!
Gladys and her penmanship! What a delightful thought....so much better than emojis and auto correct! I really like the nod to penmanship in this piece, too. This whole series! I can see them framed identically and displayed in a long line in a hallway. Which would then become the hallway bottleneck as everyone stopped to ponder!
Indeed, Gladys and her penmanship —— hard to read but such an endearing part of who she is!
Love your idea of this whole series framed identically and showcased in a long line in a hallway : )
Haha, don't try reading mine! Haha. I see musical notes and piano keys, sheet music and I love it all!
Yes! staccato notes! syncopation! Maybe a little Scott Joplin!
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