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Maybe I’m Obsessing

Author: Thomas Date: USPS Oct 5, 1991 Artwork: Xerox, sketch On recycled paper bag   Ok, I’ve put off publishing a long letter, and so here is one, and one that shares more personal content about myself. Before I began working on this project, it occurred to me that Jason […]

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My Belief in Love

Author: Jason Date: USPS stamp: December 3, 1991 Artwork: paint/ postcard   One of the most striking things looking back at the correspondence from both Jason, as well as myself, is the way issues of love and death are intertwined in our communications. This budding relationship was happening right in […]

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The First Thing I Remember

Author: Thomas Artwork: Silver gelatin print, rubber stamp Date: USPS stamp- shows March, but the date isn’t legible. My art stamp date is March 6, 1992 The first thing I remember about you were your eyes, beautiful, intense, and I remember standing in the hallway downstairs and I asked what […]

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PEACE!

Author: Jason Artwork: Mixed media/painting, rubber stamp Date: USPS stamp December 17, 1991 PEACE! I had selected a letter from Jason to post today, and had it scanned and everything ready to go, until hesitation crept in. The letter is fairly telling and personal, and while I asked Jason if […]

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Eyes

Type:  Postcard Author: Thomas Date: USPS stamp: Oct 2 1991, card dated 9/29 Artwork included: Postcard was a collaborative project with a friend Mark. I provided him with some photographs and he collaged them into this card. 9/29 Got your “Chicken Vienna Sausage” card today. It’s great. You’re pretty wonderful. […]

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My Heart is Blue

Type: Hand-made card Author: Jason Date: Unknown, assume early February 1992 Artwork included: xerox of sketchbook I’m listening to Lucinda Williams as I work on this post.  There is another singer in my head that I just can’t name, and I thought listening to Lucinda would help me recall her […]

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September 27, 1991

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, I’m a bit sleepy tonight (I can imagine how tired you are) I had a hell of a time sleeping […]

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My Disappointment in PEOPLE

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 […]

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A Walk in the Park

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– […]

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Beauty and the Beast

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 […]