Special Delivery

I'm a big fan of mail art - nothing says happy day like coming home to find a personalized envelope waiting in the mailbox. Call me crazy, but I also love the concept of creating something that will be "enhanced" by the environment I send it off into. The USPS may not be often credited with enhancing anything it gets it's grubby paws on, but all the nicks and scrapes, stickers and stamps, water damage and bootprints that befall those utility bills and boxes of cookies from grandma are a wonder to me when they become part of a randomly generated composition. I'm lucky if I get to see the final product (since I've never sent anything to myself!) but when I do, I'm rarely dissapointed - so it was with giddy surprise this week when I got a lovely update on one very special delivery...

The extraordinary Jean Aw - powerhouse behind the NOTCOT empire - just became the proud recipient of a member of the mail art menagerie. She was also kind enough to give me an exceedingly generous post on the subject, which you can check out here. Many thanks, NOTCOT - for the Tropical Forest love, and the reveal on how my Takin fared on her epic cross-country journey in a mailbag!

Comments

[J. S. Ferguson]

Very beautiful work. I love receiving letters and such like this as well, but I'm afraid that even handwritten letters are far and few between now, replaced by email and texting. Though I use modern technology and treasure its abilities, I miss the more relational aspects of communication in society that seem to be fading into the past. Man...I'm really starting to sound old:) Thanks for posting this.

[Natalya]

I share your sentiments, J.S. - there really is nothing like receiving (or giving, for that matter!) a hand crafted note, letter, or card... :)