After a couple of weeks stuck indoors due to Dorset Art Weeks I thought I would pop down to West Bay and have a quick look at the sea. I forgot that Broadchurch is being filmed there at the moment and my favourite free parking spaces were taken up with generators and stuff. I’d neglected to take any money so couldn’t go to a car park. So I parked in a 30 minute spot and went to have a look at the show at Slader’s Yard. To be honest I was not much impressed but it was good to get out.
I want to post this before midnight but can I do a simple image adjustment on the picture of the envelope back. No! Once again I fail to see the logic and cannot make it do what I want. So much for my new-found confidence with it. Perhaps I’ll add it later.
Someone has got to buy today’s as I somehow missed taking a photo of the piece itself. Maybe I didn’t do a piece and the envelope is empty. Now there’s an idea!
I forgot yesterday that I passed the quarter way mark. Never mind. I’m used to these landmarks and as I know I will complete this project it doesn’t mean so much when I pass some round-number landmark.
As you can see, there is a nice fishy picture on today’s stamp. Only thing is they were released yesterday and I missed the first day of issue. Peter apologised as soon as I got to the Post Office window where I had gone to buy stamps! Never mind it only would have increased the value of yesterday’s by minus a little less than nothing and that only if a stamp collector had an interest in odd conceptual art pieces. Come to think of it, stamp collecting is a bit like an odd art form in itself.
Loads of interruptions today, mostly good but my good intentions of finishing my #Letter365 early so I could relax with friends came to naught, so it was another late one to finish it off. The back of the envelope is below.
Hope you were hanging on to the edge of your seats – I know the thrill of seeing another picture of me posting a letter is reassuringly thrilling but this one with the darkness, the glaring shine on the day-plate and the sinister drips of water must be close to adrenalin-overload level!
Anyway I did an artwork and put it in that envolope pictured so what more can you ask?
Trapped at home manning the Dorset Art Weeks installation Margaret Toft came to my rescue with a bit of friendly company, some yummy cake and A L Kennedy’s book “On Bullfighting” – the same A L Kennedy that once publicly spoke a love poem to me. Well Margaret certainly deserves a mention!
The reverse of the envelope has been left free of annotations as you can see:
I am caused to remember the final chapter of Richard Brautigan’s novel “Trout Fishing in America”, The Mayonnaise Chapter. At the end of the previous chapter he writes, “Expressing a human need, I always wanted to write a book that ended with the word Mayonnaise.” The last chapter is in the form of a short letter with a P.S (the last words of the book) which reads “Sorry I forgot to give you the mayonaise.” It probably explains a lot about me.
I’ve done the work, created the envelope, annotated the back, posted it and now when it’s late and I am dog tired you expect me to write witty things or deep philosophies. Give me a break, I’m going to bed.
Having talked about the envelope becoming part of the artwork it seems like something in me is wanting to make it mandatory to decorate the envelope back. As if i need more things to do each day!
If you were missing the envelope going in the box, that is here below:
After a long day of Dorset Art Weeks and a late finish i find that I have committed to myself to a set of actions for the next month of this project. Of course I cannot say what it is or how it might affect the work I produce in that period.
Over that last few days I have been asked quite a few questions about #Letter365 and how I might distribute pieces to those who have bought unspecified dates. Also, in telling the story of the project people have commented that the envelopes have become part of the artwork. This has caused me to consider the display of envelopes in the final installation and I am now considering opening the envelopes by slitting three sides to open them so both front and back can be seen.