109) New developments online

The free websites, like blogs, are more and more taken over with advertisings. That is why I had to remove some links from this blog. Mail-Art is a topic to discuss. Will see if the interest comes back with interesting themes and also with getting rid of the stupid advertisings. Thanks for the comment that pointed me to this.

108) How large is your network?

107) Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013)

Today news from John Held Jr arrived though the social media to inform us that Shozo Shimamoto died 3 days ago on January 25th, just 3 days after he became 85 years old.  How will Shozo be remembered?

106) Discussing Mail-Art

There are a lot of visitors on this blog, but somehow the reactions come in only rare. Not sure what the reason is. Are blogs not the best places for discussions. Has Facebook taken over. Is the IUOMA network the place for discussions? Or are mail-artists just too self-centered as master of their own network so that they don't need/want to discuss their views of mail-art?

105) Mail-Art online activity Poll

104) Discussing is not favorite in Mail-Art?

Is seems discussing Mail-Art isn't favorite inside the Mail-Art network. Or are there other reasons people don't react?

103) New Poll

102) QUESTION

101) IUOMA Network

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/

100) IUOMA Poll-10

99) What should be the topic of the 100th discussion?

So far the discussions aren't that lively here. What discussion would cause a lot of reactions? What should be the issue to deal with?

98) What do poems by John M. Bennett mean to you?

School

the crippled hanger ∞ flood nod trace
sighing in the water ∞ deep chump scored
blazer in the fog ∞ clasping the rent
my muddy throat ∞ dust fills the can
the pliant gas ∞ beets and spaghetti

frenchfries in the jello ∞ stiffer than rock
the window’s exploding air ∞ your gleaming ankle
dropping the whole ∞ torrent and sun
your day thought lost ∞ giggling under the bed
my cliff dirt found ∞ the running shirt filled

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Torn

strokes of ham H lung pool
the drain of home H slung cheaper
lash drink cheese H foraging tune
my cost thumper H gosh loot
testing the door H mumbles grin

frown speech h clocking the floor
free ,huh? h your debt thighs
cacaphonic pantry h stroke dry milk
pricey wing h the lost flood
cave tooth h the feathered pig

sewN







X Ray

my shirt funnel s course chump
blaze the zoo s plush neck
doubling the corn s mile gnat
pustules and teeth s shining road
my passing blot s gush demon

ehécatl dried S clear and stuck
muddy lot S lips and light
popcorn inch S bury the frijol
butt sack S splash the grave
knight spot S your pants bloom

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97) Do you still send out envelopes and snail-mail?

Are you still sending out postcards, envelopes and the traditional mail-art, or has the online activity taken over your main outlet to communicate with other artists?

96) IUOMA 1988-2010

Now for two years on NING already:

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/

95) IUOMA Poll-9

(main link to IUOMA TV is available at the IUOMA platform on NING; see http://iuoma.blip.tv)

94) IUOMA Poll-8

93) IUOMA Poll-7

This is the 7th Poll. The results of all the polls will be published in 2011. The polls are published on several platforms. In the new communications times all the results of these Polls are added together and show significant results. Mostly over 150 people react to a poll and that gives some insight for sure.

92) Digital Database with information on Mail-Art

This blog gradually is growing and contains already quite some information. Most Mail-Artists trust the Internet to archive things, but I am a bit sceptical on that. Archiving is done by mostly by humans, maybe using computers as their tools. Therefore I archive most of the things I publish online also in printed form. Just because that might last longer than digital stuff. Am I old-fashioned or are there others who work like that?

91) I think that Mail Art is a world apart. And you?

a world apart?

90) Poll-5

89) Postcrossing.com

hello, fellows!

is anyone here a member of postcrossing.com?
i have just joined and amazed with the idea. Me myself never got too excited sending postcards to my own people who i know would never reply ...anyway I always wanted to send more and more postcards even without having much in return, and now i know where i can input my forces =) sending cards to the same willing person =) isnt it brilliant!

88) Are people who they claim to be

In Mail-Art it is normal to have an alias. Not being the person you realy are. Using a symbolic name for the mail-art you send out. Are the people online and say they are active in mail-art also really the persons they claim to be?

87) Poll-4

86) Poll-3

85) Poll-2

84) Poll-1

83) Art in Mail: Mail Art?

I wonder: I see so many mail art send in envelopes, not as mail art. Wrong perception? What do you think?

82 ) Chinese Mail-Artists

I started a project to search or even connect to Chinese mail-Artists. In the past (80-ies and 90-ies) I did get some mail from China. But mostly from non-Chinese that lived for some time there. Do you think there is a specific reason as to why there are no contacts with chinese. Are the reasons Language, politics, money......? What do you think?

81) Anyone can Comment now; doet that help?

This blog has now a setting that anyone can comment. The moderation is set on to prevent spammers from automatically enter texts, but we will see if there are now more reactions. Do you agree this might help?

80) Do you actually read these posts?

When I look at the number of visitors on this blog, it comes to over 2000 each month. The entries are just small numbers each month. To make it simple. When you read this message, just answer YES, and I know you are reading this. Does that work?