Years ago—maybe as many as 30? is that possible?!—I jotted a postcard to my friend Stu, whom I'd met at Takodah family camp in NH at least 10 years prior to jotting said postcard, to ask what kind of pen he'd been using at camp that August to doodle in his pocket sketch book.
A week or 10 days later, I found an empty water bottle in my mailbox and wondered who'd picked up street litter and placed it in with my mail.
But, ha! This was no litter. It was an 'envelope' inside of which sat a small bit of paper with the pen info I'd requested from Stu.
Even though "OMG" was not yet in the common vernacular, my internal reaction was, O.M.G! My immediate next thought was, Two can play at this game!
And I was off and running, viewing correspondence by mail in a whole new light. WAY fun.
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| The Friend Who Uses an Enamaled Spoon as a Postcard 9 x 12"; acrylic, ink, and pastel on drawing paper abstract face $45 sold |
6 comments:
this FACE! Soft, whimsical JOY and sweetness! And now I want to plaster the neighborhood mailboxes with nontraditional envelopes of goodies...
You and camp-friend Stu would so enjoy each other! Wish I'd photo'd the mess-middle stages of "The Friend Who Uses and Enameled Spoon" —— I was so at a loss, and then his soft whimsical joy and sweetness just came to life on the page.
Get out there and spread mail-art goodies!
Nice use of various tools to get just the right line textures. Lines, dots, dashes and hatching and probably more! What whimsical fellows, Stu and spoon friend! Wonder if a plastic bottle envelope would pass through the mails these days?
I enjoyed sweet flow as I textured and patterned this fella; glad you enjoyed the dots, dashes, and hatching, Carol.
Yes,, plastic bottle envelopes will pass through the post these days but at much greater cost than was the case in the past. I created a business in which I sent such mail starting in 1998; I wouldn't be able to have the same business today with the same ease and fun that were more readily possible when postal prices and regulations were simpler.
Pattern!! Scribbles! JOY! Haha, Oh I could listen to your stories forever Dotty! What fun you two must have! Haha. I wanna hug this postcard, and i bet I would get a hug back! haha :)
Patterns —— so calming and zen to make. And scribbles —— joyously freeing. Glad the joy shone through, Sheila. Thanks for the nod to my storytelling : )
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