One of my husband's photography students sent her self portrait out to people though out the country with no words or return address. It was random addresses of people in the phone book. It was all about letting go for her. I am a social artist so it is a bit the same for me. I do it, send it and let go. Whatever happens, happens. LaVona
--- Alice Kitselman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd recently dropped off a huge load of old > clothes to a thrift > shop that raises money for a local animal shelter. > I'd been thinking > about what happens to the stuff they don't sell? > Where does it go, > who gets it? I'd also been thinking about all the > stuff in department > stores that doesn't get sold..... > In my dream there were mountains made of stuff, > old stuff, > discarded stuff. People were taking shelter on these > piles which were > coming out of the ocean. Folks would trip and slide > and stuff would > go tumbling into the ocean and of course it would > rise giving the > people less and less area to be on. > > I got to thinking about art. What makes art art? > Who says it is art > anyway? Recently I took an out of town friend to our > famous Folk Art > Museum. We walked and gawked. She started to wonder > and question why > certain things were considered folk art. Mostly this > is a huge > collection of toys. Of course there are many things > which are crafts > by native cultures from around the world. Again, why > is it folk art? > And then there is the distinction between art and > craft..... > > And so, back to mail art. What makes something > "mail art"? > > I get all kinds of stuff sent to me in the guise > of mail art. > Sometimes it's just a postcard, sometimes it is a > collage, other > times it's a mini water color painting. Sometimes > it's an envelope > stuffed with someone's food packaging. > > Mail art......it's mail, but is it art? We all > have choices in > life, practically everything we do involves a > choice.... > > I go into museums and see walls covered in art. I > pass quickly by > if nothing catches my eye. It could be famous > artist's work, but if > it doesn't "twang" in my heart and soul I just > cruise on by. I think > perhaps it helps that I grew up in New York City > across from a wild > and weird modern art museum. I saw a lot of stuff > that I would not > consider art. After all it still confounds me today > that era in art > where folks would simply paint a huge canvas white > and call that > art. ??? > > I wonder how folks would react if I just sent > blank postcards? > > Dragonfly Dream > www.dragonflydream.com > > "It's something wonderful to get a letter. The > paper, the stamp, the > envelope. It is not just a piece of paper. It is > something sacred. " > > IBRAHIM ISMAIL ZAIDEN, a postman in Baghdad, Iraq. > > (quoted in the New York Times) > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavonasherarts __________________________________________________ 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
