News flash - in real time: Denmark is shutting down their mail service for letters. They will only deliver packages. So, you can still make mail art - but it's going to be expensive.
Riley and Jessica's are the last of the green envelopes for this month. I still have some left and need to strategize how to use them. The colors on this stamp look nice - so I think I need to set them aside until there is a new chartreuse stamp with 20 of the same design. That will streamline things - and insure that there are more *hits* than *misses.*
Here's a link to someone I found in the ancient folder. At the time, she just had a blog - and I looked through it - and saw where she announced that she was joining IG. So, I checked out IG - and the first post was a video of her giving an impassioned plea during a gathering. It looks like (sounds like) a group of developers are trying to buy a building that has been artist studios for a very long time - to kick the artist out and continue the gentrification of the neighborhood. <sigh> Why don't developers like artists? We know the answer. $.
Here is one line from her speech that resonated with me:
The happiest people don't HAVE the best of everything. The happiest people MAKE the best of everything.
I recently had a.n.o.t.h.e.r. conversation with someone who was lamenting a situation where people with endless resources were nudging artists out of the way on a local level. I assured them that the artists will figure something out - they are perpetually being nudged out of their spaces - but they always find a new place. Then we wondered --- what would artists need to do to be appreciated and welcomed. <sigh> There's no answer to this particular musing. Or, if there is, I'm sure someone will leave a comment.
LINK to Jenine Bressner's IG. She makes a variety of things.
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