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.

Air and earth mail

I drew a few pieces like this two-and-half years ago. I know the date because I scanned these in 2012, in October and November respectively. But to be honest, I don't remember to whom I've sent them!..
At least I know I've sent one to Ryosuke Cohen in Japan and he used it for his Brain Cell project. But the others? Lost in the post, or lost in the house, somewhere between my files and piles of paper?...



Time will tell :-)

Urban sketches

For the LEP August swap I received a sketchbook from Meredith from the USA, to fill with some urban sketches and to pass on to Sarah in Hamburg, who will pass it on to Britt, Britt to Caroline (all in Germany) and finally the filled sketchbook will fly back again to Meredith. Great idea!



Thinking of 'urban sketches' I thought I had to sketch houses or any other kind of urbanization. However, I am not really able to draw buildings. Fortunately there are also mailboxes in the cities, and birds.



And no-one has forbidden me to add a tram ticket :-)
So finally (almost four weeks after the deadline, sorry sketchbook pals!) I managed to fill my pages.



By the way, 'Wildlife in the city' you can also find in Erni's blog, his pictured pigeons happen to live in Hamburg. the next stop of this sketchbook.