Re: (,) PostSecret book-Tamara

2006-09-01 Thread michael leigh
Maybe it's just sour grapes on my part, not having thought of it, but the whole thing leaves a rather nasty taste in the mouth when you consider he is obviously making a lot of money from his book and the syndication of the POst Secret idea to many magazines? ( I know of one in the U.K) and the

Re: (,) PostSecret book-Tamara

2006-09-01 Thread LaVona Sherarts
Yes Michael, you are so right but i guess we have to face the changes. I wouldn´t do that . Not respectful in any case is it.I guess mail art like many other things in life are going to hell. laVona --- michael leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe it's just sour grapes on my part, not having

Re: (,) PostSecret book-Tamara

2006-09-01 Thread kevin thurston
well, whomever isn't framing themselves as a mail-artist. PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. or is mail art simply based on the technology of the post office? if that's the case i sometimes get

(,) Re: PostSecret book-Tamara

2006-09-01 Thread Tamara Wyndham
Re: PostSecret book-Tamara Posted by: michael leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wastedpapiers Fri Sep 1, 2006 12:05 am (PST) Maybe it's just sour grapes on my part, not having thought of it, but the whole thing leaves a rather nasty taste in the mouth when you consider he

Re: (,) PostSecret book

2006-08-31 Thread kevin thurston
i've seen a couple of projects like this. they all seem to get publicity. there is one going on in ontario i believe currently. i love these kinds of projects. On 8/30/06, Tamara Wyndham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I saw a book of Mail Art in a store,

Re: (,) PostSecret book-Tamara

2006-08-31 Thread mailart_manekineko
In fact it's consistantly one of the most popular blogs on the web. I don't like how the guy acts like he invented it. --- In ma-network@yahoogroups.com, Fast Eyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep - I have it. Had it for quite awhile. Same kind of postcards in the book is on the website -

(,) PostSecret book

2006-08-30 Thread Tamara Wyndham
Hello, I saw a book of Mail Art in a store, PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren Frank had people make postcards of their secrets and send it to him. Very fancy book with lots of color photos. I didn't have time to look at it very carefully. But it seemed