Re: FLUXLIST: Where's Alan?

2000-08-27 Thread alan bowman

Hey Reed! et al

I am here, at home in front of my computer, ploughing through 300 fluxlist
mails.

Been away in Le Marche, Umbria and Rome for a few weeks, perhaps my computer
was pining and being naughty out of spite, i dunno

my address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it's been very, very hot here, a veritable heatwave, perhaps all the little
italian data bits were having an extended siesta?
also  15 august is "Ferrogosto",  italy is closed and every one goes to the
beach for a fortnight (e.g. 60% of the pop. of Milan was away during this
period)
did you try my beach address [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? (im from the
north east of england, where the sun still shocks people when they actually
see it)


look forward to hearing from you..


alan






Also RE:Fluxlist

with regard to recent mails, i must agree that there's not a lot going on is
there, i for one contribute pretty much zero nowadays (not that i contibuted
all that much thenadays)

the projects have been good (some, i think very), but the arguments and
discussions haven't been forthcoming.

Eric, if you want to contribute, do so, if you want to criticise, do so,
opinions are welcome on the list and are not censored.
But for me, and I'm not speaking for anybody else here, the personal attacks
and bilious spleenventing episodes have become extremely tedious.
Now when I think Eric Andersen, i no longer think "artist, Fluxus,
interesting etc."  I automatically think of much more negative adjectives.
Which is a shame as Im sure you must have a lot more to offer the list than
you have shown.





Re: FLUXLIST: Where's Alan?

2000-08-27 Thread Reed Altemus



alan bowman wrote:

 Hey Reed! et al

 I am here, at home in front of my computer, ploughing through 300 fluxlist
 mails.

Computers are not naughty but thinking makes them so.
   Shakespeare's PC


 my address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Thanks. Good to have you back. Hope you had a good time.

 it's been very, very hot here, a veritable heatwave, perhaps all the little
 italian data bits were having an extended siesta?

Here in Maine last week it was hot and overcast and humid and uncomfortable
until the weekend when  the sun came out and it was not cloudy and the sky was
very blue. I wrote a poem on the way to work Saturday.  It goes:

Zen for Commuter

a crescent moon
fog on a field
a lone horse
a possibility discarded


 with regard to recent mails, i must agree that there's not a lot going on is
 there, i for one contribute pretty much zero nowadays (not that i contibuted
 all that much thenadays)


We had an interesting discussion about professionalism in art and how it
relates to fringe cultures like mail art.


 the projects have been good (some, i think very), but the arguments and
 discussions haven't been forthcoming.

 Eric, if you want to contribute, do so, if you want to criticise, do so,
 opinions are welcome on the list and are not censored.

PLEEEASE no censorship...


 But for me, and I'm not speaking for anybody else here, the personal attacks
 and bilious spleenventing episodes have become extremely tedious.
 Now when I think Eric Andersen, i no longer think "artist, Fluxus,
 interesting etc."  I automatically think of much more negative adjectives.
 Which is a shame as Im sure you must have a lot more to offer the list than
 you have shown.

I agree that it's really too bad to let negative feelings get in the way of
healthy interactivity, I guess I'm as much to blame as Eric on that account.

Reed