Monday, April 14, 2008

mysterious mailer # 2


















One of my favorite things to do is send odd, random packages to my friends & pretty much anyone willing to give me their address. Most recently i made this ACEO (the text reads: warning, cupcake overdose may cause limb-loss in some robots) for operative #6.5, to include in a package which informs said operative that she has been designated an operative. For future reference, I am operative #3...there are others. yes.
just for the record, i have no idea what operative #6.5's feelings are about cupcakes, robots, or ACEO's .

in case anyone is curious to know the nature of an operative, i'll just put it like this: people often organize & appraise their lives based on pre-existing systems of labels to which value is or isn't attributed. but, much like a diamond is just a rock & money is just paper, the labels we give to things are only meaningful because we believe in them. so, i've decided to take an active role in creating my own systems of meaning, an operative is a person who is in some way relevant to my system. or some such.

if you're interested in becoming an operative, which will generally involve receiving a free ACEO or mini plush, send your address & a bit about yourself to poisonlake@gmail.com.

1 comments:

Michael Phipps said...

Okay, I absolutely love this. It reminds me of things my friends and I used to do. Too cool...