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Still there!

01 Dec

the other day i put out a letter to be sent. normally, our postal dude picks these up and takes them away — no problem.

but when i got home at 6pm that evening, my envelope was still sitting out where i’d tucked it. we don’t have an outgoing post spot, so this is just how people have been indicating items which need to be taken.

i thought maybe the post just didn’t come that day, but there was stuff in my postbox. so… maybe we got a new carrier, a sub? i felt bad cause it was something i’d said i’d dropped in the post that day… i didn’t want the postee to think i was lying about that.

so, i dropped her a note online about the mix up then carried it with me to a public post box on the way to classes the next day. now i’m not sure if i can trust my post will be picked up at home anymore! maybe i’ll test it out with a letter to someone who isn’t expecting one, so they won’t know if it’s “late”.

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ATCs

28 Nov

i’ve been spending my non-study time making these little Artist Trading Cards. if you’ve never heard of them, they’re 2.5 in x 3.5 in cardstock or stiff fabric or whatnot which have been artified. ok, i know that’s not a word, but they could be hand drawn, sewn, stamped, collaged, digitally drawn or collaged, or whatever you can think of. then, they’re given away with your name and contact info and the title of the piece on the back. specifically, they are not to be sold, they are to be traded.

lots of places on the web organize swaps for these little suckers including swap-bot, my personal time suck. since they’re small they’ve really let me feel like i can take a lot of chances that i wouldn’t normally take. i’ve signed up for a few “hand-drawn” swaps (and only cheated a little on one) whereas normally i wouldn’t hand-draw anything if i could avoid it. i’m more the elephant in the snake sort of artist when it comes to hand-drawing.

also, i’ve gotten to play around with backgrounds and textures and collage and paint… it’s really a lot of fun and i can see ahead of me, far in the distance but still visible, the point where i break out of my 2.5 in x 3.5 in playpen.

in the meantime, here’s some of my work:

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