Dada Trumph Motors Biden Our Time Nothing Will Change

Cascadia Artpost has amassed an unparalleled primer on Wealth in America with 32 additional billionaire Oligarchs.  It is a comprehensive read and probably already out-of-date… 

Thank you Cascadia, this is a tour-de-force!
 

Oligarchs and Evacuees

Two postcards arrived from Cascadia Artpost last year. Cascadia explores threads of political injustice and these two hone in on Jeff Bezos and American behaviour in Afghanistan. Cascadia seems to internalise these issues, responding with stamps to commemorate (bear witness to) them and the words spoken and highlighted so we remember and and connect the words to the individuals.

 

 

Jupiter's beard and a view of the complexity of war.

Cascadia has continued to send me mail even though I have been a terrible correspondent. His postcards are a misture of joy in the garden and political commentary. I think he is reminding us that nothing is black and white, especially where war is concerned. He is sharing inforamtio I am not aware of so I will shre without comment.

 

Biden Our Time in the Biden Wagon

 

For me political Mail Art is the about opening up a dialogue. If we want to change things we better talk about them and listen to each other. 

This piece from Cascadia is hard for me to think about. The former guy was so polarising and much of what he did was obviously going to lead to heartache and disparity. the repercussions are far reaching and affecting us all and will do for a long time. But this guy isn't perfect.  HE IS FAR FROM PERFECT. and yet, I find myself wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt.  'In the round he's OK... well, at least he's better than the former guy," I say to myself when he does something that I disagree with or when he doesn't act quickly or enough. How do you thread that needle.  I need to think about that. Thank you Cascadia for beginning the conversation with me.

The Language of Flowers

I have already printed off a set of these to bedeck my next series of mailings! When the US postal service produces flower stamps, I buy my fair share. I also love bees and birds. Nature, attending to it and having it around me, well it's key. So, seeds from Cascadia to plant here. a highpoint and receiving them is now part of the rythmn of my year.  Now to find the time to get them into a seed bed!

Love the poem on a postcard - its aesthetic and the words.

The precision with which Cascadia makes this mailing is fabulous.  A few years ago in the seeds Cascadiasent me some siberian wallflower seeds in the mix.  They bloomed for months and the scent was irresistible.  Using jack's key, I figured out what they were and about two years later I ordered some of my own. Now I have many many siberian wallflower plants and they appear in my paintings often!

                                        

Thank you SO much!

 

Stormy Season

The lines on this postcard are chilling and prescient. I will repeat them.

                'when the storm comes     

                all history rolls up in a ball 

                all tomorrow was never heard of 

                and the now impossibility grins'

            

             - from Alan Harris, Storm (2000)

Nature, a man's nature, the nature of the situation all seem to have coalesced at this moment in time.

I doubt Cascadia was in predictive mode. We are in a stormy season.

Thanks for the provocative card and the beautiful indigo imagery.

 

Gardeners and mailartists NEVER sleep

Just brilliant to get all the Cascadia news and ideas about what Jack plans for 2022! Jack has a wonderful habit of writing letters as well as sending mail art. He has bespoke Cascadia Artpost letterhead and writes in beautiful longhand. 

When I was writing my 100 + holiday cards (and I fill them up with writing for every person I send them to), I thought I should continue this with my mailart and write one longhand letter every day in 2022. (So far, that hasn't happened, in fact, no mail art so far:( ), so I am even more impressed by Cascadia.

Another thing that knocks my socks off is the way Cascadia attends to his garden! It's a definite.  He can't possibly sleep.  

I also attach an article Cascadia included in the mailing following on from his 'Kabul Moment' cards. Thank you Cascadia, see you in the post, soon!

 

Oligarch's and their Conveyances

I got the heads-up from Cascadia Artpost  ( in another piece of mail art I will be posting soon) that he was sending me more Oligarch fodder for my outrage. Using his favourite form of protest (the post) to upbrade the 'haves' for their poor choices. THESE PEOPLE. 

I'm not sure if this arrived very slowly (thanks Louis De Joy) or if I have been so very busy since mid October.  (I thought it was only since November.) Great to get back in the swing and to know I have a kindred spirit in Washinton.