from all these people I’d never met, from countries I’d never visited, placed me in a new kind of community. English artist Michael Leigh said it best for me with his stamp, “Worldwide Friendship” (see illustration next card).
Anyone can play in the mail art network as long as you’re serious about consistently participating. You don’t have to be an experienced artist to take part, just willing.
Many artists say their main reason for being mail artists is to communicate with other artists; mail art is a low-tech, inexpensive way of combating isolation, as any mere letter writer can understand. Another almost universal motivation is that it’s fun.
