Rick Gush's Rapmaster Pinocchio

I got this picture from Rick Gush, who also sent me a cat food box full of things to play with and covet. Called "Rapmaster Pinocchio" made out of what appears to be concrete.

Sadly, Rapmaster Pinocchio's burgeoning career was cut short last Friday night, when he was found submerged in the bottom of the Bay. It appears to be foul play, but police have no leads at this time.

Apparently Rick filmed it, and calls it "Outlaw Art 5 meters Under the Surface."

10 Jigawatts of Awesome.

A postcard from Koco

Koco, who in the past sent me a nipple, is apparently now living in Japan, which is pretty awesome in itself. This is a beautiful post-card though, she says she picked it up at the Tokyo "Design Festa."

It says on the back in English, that it's called "bird", and it's got a link to 2 websites:

http://www.graphic.jp/

and

http://www.creatorz.jp/ingectar/

And to answer your question, Koco, yes, I named my nipple "Gimpy's replacement."

Jeremy Jams responds with awesomeness

I was very impressed by this of Jeremy's. The last couple were watercolors, which while not my thing, were of good quality, but this is right up my alley. It has a bit of everything, some Geometric art, A nice quote, some wordplay, and something that I can't identify. The item I can't identify (that little red/black circle-ey thing) won it for me. I love things that I can't identify.

The quote, written on the "genetic DNA strand thingy", reads:

"In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains."

Quite right Jeremy, quite right indeed.

And Lothar Trott.....the 3rd.

Here comes another round. I don't quite understand why he included a self made booklet of what appears to be a schizophrenic jumble of pornographic images and words, but I'm not complaining, maybe I'll try to unfold it and put it together later and see if it's really just one big work.

I also got another invitation to send something back to him. At least that's what I think it is.

The postcards were definately an unexpected bonus.

The Long awaited response from El Taller de Zenon

So at the very beginning of it all, one of the very first samples of my mail art was sent to El Taller de Zenon, in Seville, Spain. They claimed to have a gallery open showing the mail art, and as I had already been planning a trip to Spain, I thought it would be awesome to be able to see something I made in a gallery for the first time.

As it turned out, we didn't ever get to Seville, and I forgot about it until I got the response. The response seems to be alot like Lothar Trott's work, where his response, is a blank response, to be responded to. Follow all that? Good, because I'm perpetually lost.

I must say, the wait was worthwhile, as I'm quite impressed with the quality of the dog themed postcard. It's top notch!

Andrea Jay delivers again

This is in response to a letter to her, where I rambled on about how hot it is here, how I was going to Six Flags for my birthday, and how I live in the bible belt, and will probably burn in hell.

It's actually a fairly accurate portrait of my time at Six Flags on Memorial Day weekend, only I remember more mullets.

Nancy Belle and her dubious tea

Along with these copies of her beautiful paintings, Nancy included some holistic tea. While it claims numerous health benefits, I won't be partaking, as it's made of plants I'm not familiar with, and besides, who would drink tea from an anonymous internet mailing?

Thanks for the pictures though Nancy.