flood the post with their mailable art? Because mail art satisfies
a basic need for communication. Mail art is the flowering of the postal system, its creative fulfillment. And who doesn’t lust after mail?
One wall of my office is covered with the art I received in response to one postcard. From Europe, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and the United States, artists sent me original collages, xerox art ranging from the elegant to haphazard, original postcards and stamps, and strange assemblages. Some artists sent individual statements, meant to be hung on the wall. Others were invitations to participate in ongoing mail-art projects.
This incredible stream of worldwide imagery into my mailbox was like participating in a collective postal dream. Having images
