I’ve been making collages on the outsides of the envelopes in which I put letters and other things that I send to my friends. Maybe you’ll get one some day.
(click the images to see even bigger, more impressive images)
I realize that these collages are kind of weak, artistically, because, at least for the front, I used images that were already “artsy,” which is a pretty incredible cop-out. The image on the back of the envelope is cut from a Camel ad I found in an old Playboy magazine I found sitting around in my parents’ basement. The guy is wading through a jungle river, pulling his load on a raft, smoking a cig, and the caption for the ad reads: “Where real men should be.” Priceless.
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When I read the title, I thought “But it doesn’t always arrive at its intended destination.” Which, I suppose, means that the letter’s destination is not the same as the destination which I intend for the letter.