Every now and then I have these thoughts when I think of mail-art. Now you have the luck to read some of these thoughts. The thoughts are listed by the dates that they are thought of.
Some mail artists build up their work in the network so much that it almost seems like a joke.
Others remain realistic but in fact do a lot of intersting things. But when something is written about mail art by a mail artist I always get a bit uncertain. The active mail artists know what is being done in the network. Even the students who start with a thesis on mail art as an insider mostly have to rely on sources from inside the network. I've seen it happen several times.