Ode to snail (paper) mail

The mail art network often is called 'the eternal network'.
Sometimes, when I am reading that post offices are closing worldwide, when hearing that the number of delivering days a week are decreasing, as well as home delivering in some places,
sometimes, when we see that postage rates increase, while working conditions for postal workers are deteriorating, and things like that, I am wondering for how long the analogue, paper network will keep on going.

Meanwhile all my received paper mail art survived so far. While in contrary much digital art may not survive eternally, for example because of change of email addresses, computer crashes, or change of website owners etcetera.

These thoughts, and the Mail Pigeon, I am sending to Ryosuke Cohen in Japan. Thanks to his connecting Brain Cell project, to my opinion he is one of the masters of the Eternal universe Network.

Flying Butterflies and Birds and Mail

'Vliegende vlinders en vogels en post'. Alweer 'n tijd geleden begon ik aan deze tekening. Pas nu kwam het er eindelijk van 'm af te maken, en naar Suus in Mokum te sturen.
Buiten begint de herfst, en ineens zag ik in mijn ooghoeken ronddwarrelende blaadjes op deze tekening, maar nee, ik tekende toch echt fladderende zomervlinders :-)

'Flying butterflies and birds and mail'. Already some time ago I started to create this one. Not before now I'm having some time to finish it and to send it to Suus in Mokum.
Outside autumn has reached our country, and suddenly I imagined I had drawn flitting leaves, but no, they still are fluttering summer butterflies :-)

Thinking of Air Mail Traffic

Verzonden naar / sent to Ryosuke Cohen, Japan.