Blij zijn wij in de wei

From Rod Summers, The Netherlands

A darkening blue

From Theo Nelson in Canada

VISPO’s on how I was knived by by the political weapon of add-ism and performance art

From Serse Luigetti, Italy

Vispo Solstice wishes 2012-2013

1 From Piet Franzen, The Netherlands
2,  3 & 9 From Anete Ulmane, Latvia
4 From Theresa Williams, USA
5 From Terry Flowers, USA
6 From Jim Lorena, Spain
7 From Nancy Bell Scott, USA
8 From Sean Woodward, UK

TREE DAZZLE ME

Unique artist book on Trees
received from Rebecca Guyver, UK

A ROOM NEAR THE OCEAN

Collaborative collage by Dominic De Clercq and GV, Belgium
Some comments on the legend how cold fish are, followed by the poem:


A ROOM


unread books piled high on the floor
sofas and chairs that smelled of
the salt scent of breaking waves
tented with yellowed sheets under
dust floating in what's left of sunlight
paled by a fractured window

outside a wind riffles the moors
a dog barks at something it sees
moving in the branches of an oak
then lies suddenly still for no reason
dreaming of a room identical to
all the others this room my room

the one that always stands
too near this engulfing ocean

ERIC BASSO, USA


December 19, 2012

HAIKU’s FOR THE NEW YEAR

From Miche van den Broeck, Belgium
under (c)

The dream and other poems

From Taidgh Lynch, Ireland

Where were you happy?

From Carina Granlund, Finland

Issue 4 of compilation zine MAIL ART MAKES THE WORLD A TOWN

Editor: Cheryl Penn in South Africa

Contributors:
XX Jones (Austria)
Yves Maraux (France)
Henning Mittendorf, Svenja Wahl, Andrew Niss, PC Tictac (Germany)
Judy Bourke, Vizma Bruns (Australia)
Katerina Nikoltsou (Greece)
Dao Badao (Switzerland)
Moya Evans, Rr Anon, Barry Truter, Cheryl Penn (South Africa)
Guido Vermeulen (Belgium)
Tiziana Baracchi, Morlino Marina (Italy)
Ying Chieh Liu (Taiwan)
Yesvin Yeo (Singapore)
Theo Nelson (Canada)
Torill Larsen (Norway)
Barry Hall, Stephanie Turnbull (UK)
Reed Altemus, Not Hi Ng (USA)

The authentic massacre of innocent images

From Cheryl Penn in South Africa

TIME BEHEADED

Last book production of 2012:

TIME BEHEADED / ONTHOOFDE TIJD / LE TEMPS DéCAPITé

Poems in Dutch and English, collages and painting fragments

De LUXE edition of 10, 50 pages A4 printed on photo quality paper, numbered and signed editions, full color reproductions of the art works.

In 2013 will appear a cheap Xerox edition, so do not worry!

IL SOUFFRAIT DE VOIR CETTE LUMIERE

HE SUFFERED FROM SEEING THIS LIGHT

Fragment of Un amour de Swann, Marcel Proust

Mailed to Michel Roussy in Canada for his project around Proust

Cover illustrations by Alain Valet

 Alain Valet, Belgium
once very active in mail art
publishes now his own books
and illustrates certain books
published by LA GRIFFE D’ENCRE
in France.

Here are 2 examples:

BLOG by Alain Valet:
http://alainvalet.blogspot.be/

GRIFFE d’ENCRE EDITIONS:
http://catalog.griffedencre.fr/

MINA de WANGEL

The latest book production by poet and mail artist and close personal friend  Liza Leyla in Belgium is a translation in Dutch from a story by Stendhal that was published in the zine Revue des deux mondes.
Actual themes like passionate love versus reasonable love and even pascifism: is it right to go to war to impose regime change?
Publisher is Free Musketeers in the Netherlands, Internet publisher, this is Liza’s 4th book with them.

Cover illustration also by Liza.

For info on Stendhal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal

A tribute to Cavellini

From Fausto Paci, Italy