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 anonymity of the participants allows him to claim all the credit.This is not really in the spirit of the mail art network as I understand it.
Michael http://a1mailart.blogspot.com/ --- mailart_manekineko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 [email protected], 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 - > http://postsecret.blogspot.com/. Fun > looking. > > > > Now there is a fellow in St. Louis doing the same > thing (the > postcard thing) but I don't know about his > documentation. > > > > Fast > > > > Tamara Wyndham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 that he reached out to "ordinary" people > - > > outside of any art network. > > > > Has anyone seen it? > > > > > > - Tamara > > > > > > > > Tamara Wyndham > > > > http://www.tamarawyndham.com > > > > "ars gratia artis" > > Art is the reward of art. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka > > http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > It's another blog! http://flobberlob.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
