Seren
I received this email today:
Dear seren,
I was pleased to find my journal pages up on your
website.
However, I feel I must tell you that I am surprised &
dismayed by the fact that artists' names do not seem
to appear with their work. While my name is somewhat
visible in one of the posted photos, the other artists
represented are not named at all, so far as I can see.
One should not need to search to find out who created
the pages.
Frankly, this omission disappoints me. I hope you may
see fit to correct the oversight. Otherwise, I cannot
refer my friends to participate in your project.
I am surprised by this note because I have tried to be very clear about how the 10 Day Journal Project works. These books Art Journals but also Artist Journals...they are peoples art and text...people share secrets and lies and truths that hurt. They share hopes and dreams that I'm not sure are known by people closer to them...and I love that. I have purposely not included the names of the artists working in the books so that there is a sense of freedom associated with this project that may not be present in other projects.
I think we artists have become very focused on building reputations and a "following"...and that sometimes we don't seize the opportunity to share work that isn't about us in the purist sense. Yes, all of our art is our own, but sometimes, art needs to be personally boundaryless and disassociated from our day-to-day persona. We need to disconnect from what we are willing to share and focus on what we NEED to share -- without regard for what is digestible by our friends and family. A few of these journals have pages about affairs, illnesses, spousal fights and infidelity, unresolved anger, financial woes...and many, many other surpremely personal realities...and that's what I asked for...I asked that people share their words and the art of their lives.
I will not be adding peoples names to their work, however, an artist may go into the section where their artwork appears and add their name if they'd like, but because I said I wouldn't do that...it would not be appropriate for me to add names. I honestly hope that people will add their names and comment on the art and text of their pages, but I don't want to "out" people...so I will leave that up to the individual artist...and I hope you will all continue to refer people to this Call, but I think the project is a good one...just a little different than what's been done before.
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"Frankly, this omission disappoints me. I hope you may see fit to correct the oversight. Otherwise, I cannot refer my friends to participate in your project."
Sounds like he is someone who is easily disappointed in life. Nothing could have been more disappointing for him than being born with a 2 inch pecker.
What a tool!
Sounds like "he" is someone...
Tom,
You are assuming that it was a man, it could be a woman.
Nothing could have been more disappointing for him than being born with a 2 inch pecker.
... speaking from your own experience?
Could be a woman....could be you. In either case, this individual is a major tool who obviously needs to get laid. He/she/it is "surprised", "dismayed", and "disappointed" over something this trivial? Someone needs to tell this wanker to take the dildo out of his/her ass and get a grasp of reality.
Hate to disappoint you but my pecker is bigger than a bread box.
I wonder, why do people seem to want to make calls like this sinister...as if the organizer is out to get something for nothing? Maybe I am reading too much into these kinds of postings, but it just seems that I get a lot of push-back about some of my calls.
I'm not made of money...I ask people to defray the shipping/supply costs of some of my calls and you'd think I'd asked for someone's first born child. I mean...take the journal project for example. I send those books out...people keep them for 15 days and then send them back. Well...some people sign up for a book and do one spread of work. I have paid $4.85 to ship the book to them for one lay out of work and 15 days of sitting on their work table.
Some of the books (which I bought for $4-6 on sale) have never come home...so I lost not only the cost of the book, but all the shipping I paid over the life of the book AND the artwork.
Of all the people that have complained about the cost of the call...not one person has offered to send a journal in lieu of the fee...or even sent stamps to ensure I'm not "making money" off them.
It just seems like a lot of negativity...Hell, look at the guy that did 1000journals. He sent all those journals out an a fraction of them have come home...and, in that scenario, we all lose.
OK...it's been a long day (and yes, it's only noon)...I will let all this go now...though I would love to hear your thoughts.
seren
http://www.amazon.com/1000-Journals-Project-Someguy/dp/0811858561/
Another good example of someone pretending they invented mailart it appears to me
I don't think that is what he's saying at all! That's an awesome project that pulled tons of people into mail art/art journaling/journal art. My point is that he took the risk...and didn't get his books back. Now, he's got some great scans and has published a book...which will again draw more attention to the genre...but he doesn't have the books.
I disagree that he acts like he invented mail art. He did invent his project and has run with it...and it's interesting, indeed.
Sure he didn't get his books back, but I wonder how much of the proceeds he will be giving to the artists featured in the book?