Thursday, June 24, 2021

Documentation Just Floats in History

There is lots that's apt in this mailing from Joel.  I have had it for quite a while but without time travelling, I couldn't fit documention into my day any earlier than now… June is a busy month! I am also still trying to get the hang of moving my followers over to Follow it.  I think you can follow by clicking on the Atom button at the bottom of the blog feed. It isn't ideal. But enough of my problems.

Sticker Dude is grappling with the best way to become immortal - or at least to create a lasting legacy.  If you read his story, Trying to Work it Out, you will see that his impact is already enormous!  All I know is that at the beginning, when I was hosting mail art calls and putting together exhibitions, I kept all the documentation and the mail art together.  Then I realised that for me it is the individual, not the project that is important so I kept the documention, but I filed the people by first name.  It is all a bit of a stew, but it's my stew and it keeps growing.  

This is complicated when Sticker dude sends me material to archive.  Sticker dude has a very very big, more than one, hanging file in my filing system with lots of mail art from other people in it. It's hard to get your head around, but it's OK.

















My favourite lines: 'I don't mind you lost in time

                                just send me the junket that's due'






And Joel, you have my undivided continuous partial attention!

Thank you.

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