Love Letters is a project documenting a year long, long distance relationship. While we broke up after a year, we both kept the letters and artwork that we had sent back and forth to one another. Years later, we reconnected on Facebook and friendship has emerged. I had the idea of collecting this material and doing something with it. This project is the first endeaver towards that end.
Type: Letter Author: Thomas Date: USPS stamped date: Sep 27 1991 Artwork included: stickers, mail art documentation, mail art call for work, xerox, rubber stamps September 27, 1991 Dear Jason, Iβm a bit sleepy tonight (I can imagine how tired you are) I had a hell of a time sleeping last night. I felt so good after talking to you. I still feel the glow inside. Had a good day at work today. I have […]
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Type: Postcard Author: Jason Date: USPS stamped date: 11/07/91 So, two guys in a long distance relationship, each saved all the love letters the other sent. Jason, was a more methodical “saver” and kept both the envelopes as well as the letters /contents, so it is easier to try and order them chronologically. Thomas, on the otherhand, didn’t keep all the envelopes. In fact, he frequently, used the envelopes as the paper to send a […]
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Type: Postcard Artwork: Photograph Author: Thomas Date: USPS stamped date: 8/10/92 Wanted to post one of the many postcards I made and sent to Jason, and especially like this one. If I compare the totality of what I sent to him, and what he sent to me–at quick glance– it looks like I sent far more letters than cards, and he sent a lot of cards and possibly fewer letters. Β I didn’t seem to […]
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Type: Postcard Artwork: Photograph, rubber stamp Author: Jason Date: USPS stamped date: 3/31/92 Thomas- Stopped for breakfast before going to work. Had a good talk with Rinaldo this morning- trying to remember 7th grade- what a bad time that was- how much I can’t remember. Watched end of Academy Awards last night- writer of Beauty and the Beast score died of AIDS, his companion accepted the award for him. Very sad. Several people referred to […]
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Type: letter Artwork: fortune cookie fortune on envelope Author: Thomas Date: USPS stamped date: 10/15/91 “Really enjoyed talking with you this morning and I’m looking forward to seeing you whenever that can be.I didn’t get to do much artwork today.My friends Brenda called soon after(no during) our conversationand then I called her back.Today was the Canadian equivalent to our Thanksgiving. She is Canadian.So, a few program people got together at her place and we sliced […]
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Type: Postcard Artwork: rubber stamp/ commercial postcard Author: Jason Date: 1/5/92 “I feel well today and I’m loving you very much!I walked through the park this morning. Worked yesterday and plan to today. Made some strange things inspired by Corinthians I 6:9 whoa! That Bible from my sister is doing things to me. I’m remembering some conversdation we had, parts of it at least- using the words that hurt us to heal? I love you- […]
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Type: Postcard Artwork: collage/mixed media Paper: recycled cardboard, 4.5″ x 6.5″ Author: Thomas Date: unknown “only a week to go” I vividly remember making this card, and remember that I didn’t like it, with everything I added to the card. The base of it is a 4×5 black and white polaroid of an grade school picture of myself. I was always feeling a little insecure art-wise as Jason and I sent things back and forth. […]
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Type: Postcard Artwork: drawing, rubber stamp art Paper: cardboard, 4″ x 6″ Author: Jason Date: USPS postage date 6 May 1992 I loved receiving cards like this in the mail. I imagined how Jason was probably thinking of me the whole time he drew a card like this, and that sense of time and space allowed me to feel close to him. Certainly, as an artist, everything we make is not “Fine Art,” but even […]
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Type: Letter Artwork: xeroxed self portrait Paper: Pink, 8.5″ x 11″ Author: Thomas Date: Unknown- early 1992 “Enclosed is a gift for you. Tea, new tea, green tea. Iyt is, I am told, the first tea of 1992. I offer it to you as a symbol of my love, myt respect, my gratitude that you have touched my life and let me be a part of yours.” Instagram Post:Β https://www.instagram.com/p/BdTYLFWnJfE/?taken-by=thomascwaters SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
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Type: postcard Artwork: baseball ticket and stamp art Paper: White card, 4.5″ x 7″, 2 sided Author: Jason Date: postal stamp of 18 May 1992 Pulled this card randomly out of the box, and how interesting that it documents the day Jason and I met, September 6, 1991 “Went to a ball game with my dad the day I met you… my heart is racing” One of my favorite parts to this card is the […]
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