>And what if you like the theme and the curators think
you didn't respond correctly and return the piece?
You know, along this line, I've kinda always wondered, and I admit it
is a "pet peeve" of mine, why is it that folks just seem to send
whatever they want rather than sticking to the theme? For example, if
someone asks folks to send mermaids and what they receive is tigers,
cars, and tampax. I've scanned through many a mail art call
documentation online and wondered what the original call was for
since the stuff I'm looking at isn't related. Ok, ok, so shoot me,
but it just doesn't make sense to me. Yes, I know about the idea of
non censorship, and if the intent was to show all then all is shown.
But this whole thing also relates to how ever did all these "rules"
come about in what I had thought was a practice that had no rules.
Somewhere along the lines folks decided that they would make up some
guidelines, suggestions and a mail art rule was created. Ray Johnson
didn't send out mail art calls and do documentation did he? Maybe he
did but I don't know, I'm fairly young in the movement after all,
what do I know? What I do know, and again shoot me if you want, I
have had porno sent to me in response to my calls. Is this ok? Not to
me, sorry.
Peace,
Dragonfly Dream
"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much,
much better."
-- Laurie Anderson
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