Documentation = dog eating vomit?
On one of the online lists about mail art, I asked if there would be documentation of an old friend who doesn't seem real clear on some of the mail art concepts of exchange and one of the old timers--who actually knew Ray Johnson--GASP!--made the comment that documentation is like a dog eating its own vomit...
Since I think the documentation, as much as it's a pain in the ass, does a lot to expand the network and keep it alive. Some people think the network is dead or dying. maybe that's because they don't do documentation?
Or something. Comments?
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I went to Paris again. Paris, Texas that is, on my way back from Waxahachie where I picked up my stuff from the Moniker show/Webb Gallery. Sort of a zig-zag trip. 1st to Tyler, then Waxa. Thought of dropping in on you on quailhollow but not sure if you're still there. And the cold scared me off too.
I dont see whats wrong with making some sort of note of what went where and who got what? I cant be bothered to do it myself but I certainly wouldnt discourage others from doing it. What i dont like is these mail art blogs that are self obsessed and document their own work and nobody elses - as if there is no exchange or collaboration going on- which is the whole point for me.
Hi there ex posto!
Being new to mailart, I found your documentation very helpful in making new contacts. Dogs apparently like the taste of their own vomit - or else they wouldn't eat it.
Everyone has an opinion , like everyone has an ___ ____.
I have been keeping personal documentation in my mailart journal because I can't remember things. The granny syndrome. What did I send to whom, when, and why? I mean sometimes I surprise myself on how much I have actually done! Clueless....and forgetful in Mouth of Wilson!
Also I have a spastic blog that I absolutely hate to update because I only have a dial-up connection and it literally takes HOURS to upload pictures. Also, once when I published a piece of mailart I received from another artist she jumped all over me for not getting her permission. She was really, really offended that I would take liberties with her mailart! I was shocked because I thought it was the highest compliment to want to show her work on my blog! So - I have avoided offending anyone else by publishing their work to my own blog! My blog is so outdated, I should probably destroy it!
I do love seeing my work show up on other people's blogs. I really do! To me that is one of the fun things about mailart in the modern age.
NEWS FLASH!!!!
My second grandbaby was born a week ago and so I have been out of town for a couple weeks. The incoming mailart is stacked up high!!! The outgoing is non-existent! Yikes! But, what a glorious day that little girl was born! Do you want a copy of the birth story? That is about all the newly created stuff I have right now.
Take care granny - from granny2
Come back Julie! Where is she?
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