A5 painted envelope by Guido Vermeulen, mailed to Eddie Nero, USA
zaterdag 27 augustus 2011
The snake, a revengeful god, Adam; accompanied by the tears of Eve
A5 painted envelope by Guido Vermeulen, mailed to Eddie Nero, USA
dinsdag 23 augustus 2011
maandag 22 augustus 2011
THE SNAKE, THE BIRD AND THE PUSSYCAT
Painted A5 envelope from Guido Vermeulen, mailed to Gabriel Xiloj in The Netherlands
zondag 21 augustus 2011
RAINBOW SNAKES, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SUN & MOON
Small painted envelope by Guido Vermeulen, mailed to Alicia Starr in the USA.
donderdag 18 augustus 2011
The theatre of snake enchantment presents COBRA, the opera!
Painted postcard by Guido Vermeulen, mailed to a postcard project in the USA
QUETZALCOATL, the feathered snake
Painted envelope by Guido Vermeulen, made for a French Mexico project
dinsdag 16 augustus 2011
zondag 14 augustus 2011
Truth behind the snake damnation
By Steffen Markus, Switzerland
The decoded language in the snake letter that follows, says this:
"A tyrant god punished snake because it had too many bright ideas"
SNAKES WITH HAIR
By Steffen Markus, Switzerland
Accompanied by this poem
SNAKE WITH HAIR
Dedicated to Guido Vermeulen
Snake with hair
and very tender armpits
show me the moon
Snake with fist
Snake with padded feet
Smelling of incense
Snake who stands in the stillness of silence
come to my table of wood and wickerwork
Snake with white teeth
Snake teach me the revolution
Rock with jaws which bite
the flies and all flesh
tell me
tell me
the live
Snake in a grey suburb
by Steffen Markus, Switzerland
Accompanied by this poem:
Over the phone
in a grey suburb
the snake's voice sounds
grave and patient
The years have stilled
this voice in a dawn of ash
The early sharpness passed
beyond to afternoon
that melted brightly
into ghosts of dusk
The luminous tongue
in the grey world
has infinite possibilities
no longer
Et il fume toujours avec son oreille de serpent ...
or Van Gogh revisited
by Steffen Markus, Switzerland
Snakes have always befriended flying elephants and other mythical animals
Decorated envelopes by Steffen Markus, Switzerland
donderdag 11 augustus 2011
THE BLACK SNAKE POEM
The Black Snake
When the black snake flashed onto the morning road, and the truck could not swerve-- death, that is how it happens.
Now he lies looped and useless as an old bicycle tire. I stop the car and carry him into the bushes.
He is as cool and gleaming as a braided whip, he is as beautiful and quiet as a dead brother. I leave him under the leaves
and drive on, thinking about death: its suddenness, its terrible weight, its certain coming. Yet under
reason burns a brighter fire, which the bones have always preferred. It is the story of endless good fortune. It says to oblivion: not me!
It is the light at the center of every cell. It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward happily all spring through the green leaves before he came to the road.
~ Mary Oliver ~
For more info on this historical poet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver
forwarded by Theresa Ann Aleshire Williams, USA
When the black snake flashed onto the morning road, and the truck could not swerve-- death, that is how it happens.
Now he lies looped and useless as an old bicycle tire. I stop the car and carry him into the bushes.
He is as cool and gleaming as a braided whip, he is as beautiful and quiet as a dead brother. I leave him under the leaves
and drive on, thinking about death: its suddenness, its terrible weight, its certain coming. Yet under
reason burns a brighter fire, which the bones have always preferred. It is the story of endless good fortune. It says to oblivion: not me!
It is the light at the center of every cell. It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward happily all spring through the green leaves before he came to the road.
~ Mary Oliver ~
For more info on this historical poet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver
forwarded by Theresa Ann Aleshire Williams, USA
woensdag 10 augustus 2011
THE SNAKE AND THE WILD ROSEBUSH
Large painted envelope by Guido Vermeulen, mailed to Karin Greenwood in South Africa.
woensdag 3 augustus 2011
THE REBEL SNAKE
Painting by Guido Vermeulen for Theresa Ann Aleshire Williams in the USA.
Accompanied by a letter on mail art, visual versus textual art and snake symbolism.
Fragment of the letter:
The negative perception of snakes comes from culture, religion, the Bible.
It was the snake that seduced Eve to take an apple and Eve seduced Adam to eat the apple. God became angry and their punishment was the ban from Paradise.
Most know the story but very few reflect on the metaphores.
This is my reading:
1) The apple tree was the tree of knowledge
2) The snake tried to help the first people by giving them access to the fruit of the tree of knowledge and adressed the most intelligent specie, the most hungry for knowing (the femail)
3) God being challenged in his position of absolute power punished the humans (just like the Greek Gods punished Prometheus when he stole fire to bring it to the people)
4) So we are confronted with the image of a revengeful God, a dictator, not a God of Love at all and SIN is a control mechanism, a way to keep us small and in a permanent state of accepting the rules of oppression.
5) WE NEED SNAKES TO REBEL AGAINST ABSOLUTE POWER !
With Love,
Guido
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