Some Mail Art and more

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Rte 40

Folk Festival 2014

The two pieces with the hands are old familiar defaults. Grab a piece of paper that I've punched circles out, add circles inlayed or on top, add a hand; compose and Voila! More Mail Art!

The Cavellini card is for an exhibit that Mark Block is putting up about Cavellini. It's the 100th anniversary of his birth and I just happened on an announcement for a 2013 exhibit on his work. Perfect to take apart and re-position.












More on the topic of Inequality of Income: I just read an article today and got this information that I"d like to share with you even though it's no longer Blog Action Day.

"The average net worth of the bottom 50% of families - a group of about 62 million households - was $11,000 in 2013. Adjusted for inflation, that figure is 50% lower than in 1989." Are you shocked? I am! And then there's this; "The average real net worth of families in the country's top 5% has jumped from $3.6 million in 1989 to $6.8 million in 2013...an 89% surge."

What can I say? Again, no solution given in the article to how to correct this inequality. Dang!!

Fleur exhibition

The Mairie de la Ville de Paris holds an exhibit each year of art work done by employees. As part of the show, florists who are responsible for the Gardens, green spaces, public building plantings, get to show off their creativity. This is the second year that we've been able to see this. Chuck took these great photos for me. Some of the arrangements were very odd, even somewhat unattractive, like that square one in the distance, but most were very lovely. They were displayed in two white tents right in front of the Hotel de Ville (City Hall.)










An ice skating rink is being set up in the plaza and hoping it'll be finished before we leave, so we can show it to you.