Another weekend coming to a close. Working is so unfortunate. I don’t know what I’d do if I had a job like most Americans and only got 3 or 4 weeks of vacation a year. Oyvey. The thought is very very unpleasant. In my old schedule I worked 4 months and rested for 2 months. This cycle repeated itself through the year. I was the envy of working stiffs everywhere. My new schedule permits me 2 – 6 week breaks and 1 – 2 week break. In the greater scheme of things I can’t complain, but I will have 17 days less to frolic this year. On the other hand my days spent with the lambs will be shorter by 45 minutes. I think about numbers a lot. I like to time things. And I like countdowns. In 109 days I go off track. Can you find the MAILART in the disaster scene above?
I’m making more mailart than ever and receiving more than ever. The equation leads to pure joy either way you stack it. Mailart is like an idea book in my mind. I work out ideas and feel complete freedom to try anything on whatever surface I happen to be working on. It’s the equivalent of an artist’s sketchbook of ideas except mine are all on individual pieces and get sent spiraling out in all four directions. I love imagining all of my little experiments forming networks of lines across a map of the United States. Criss crossing here and there, sometimes meeting, then spinning off in opposite directions. This week I am working on things going to Morocco and South Africa. How cool is THAT?! Meanwhile in the journal the dense patterns continue.
I keep forgetting to ask you: what white pen do you use?? I love your workspace–lots of visual stimulation!
Just love your journals and mail art, what fabulous colours.
Ro
I’m in the Birds-on-a-Rope-with-Bell club too!
What a cozy and crazy little place in which to spin your magic. Note to people who wish that they had a big house…..not necessary.
As usual, intense Mail Art. Love the photos, as usual.
What a FAB. package to get. Lukcy duck!
i love johnny cash! that photo is excellent. when i was a kid i used to lay on the floor under the open stairwell, ‘climbing the stairs’ upside down, listen to my parent’s reel to reel johnny cash — totally relating to the hard life & tortured soul 😉
pick me, pick me for a mailart exchange!
…can mailart be orgasmic?
…i’m just asking……………………
LOVE your art desk. LOVE the Johnny Cash picture 😉
You lucky duck with all of those cool goodies.
I am jealous 😉
Mail Art is one of my most favorite things to create. I can just follow the vibe and create. Your journal pages really pop with the various colors and textures!
Hey is that a bowl of stencil soup at the bottom of your journal page? It looks like one. Do you eat that with fork or a spoon?
I like the doodles on the side of your page.
Guess what I am taking to the color copier today? uh huh.. you got it – all my bovine name tags.
Loved seeing your art making area and what a yummy cardboard book!
p.s. and i have the exact birds-on-a-rope-with-bell hanging in my studio 🙂
this post is making me swoon…gorgeous journal pages, reminisent of my delicous piece i have hanging in my studio. and that scrumptious bundle you received from patty…my oh my, juicy!! i wish i could see and touch every page.
Holy shit, is this the place that all that artist magic happens. What a great work space. The journal pages, what can I say such visual textural delights.