TIL that asemic writing is what you call it when something looks all loopy and organized like handwriting, but it doesn't actually say anything. From a Greek word meaning "signless." It's related to a psychiatric disorder called asemia in which a person cannot understand or express any signs or symbols. In the world of art, it's usually related to abstract calligraphy-style markings that the viewer can attach his or her own meaning to, as in this great postcard I got from a blog reader yesterday:
(By the way, in case you are not as incredibly hip as I am -- HA -- "TIL" is a piece of Internet slang that means "Today I learned..." So now maybe you have learned TWO things today!!)
Here's the front of the postcard, where the sender used my recent envelope style to address the postcard:
In my book, this amounts to fan mail, and I LOVE IT. Thanks so much, Andrea! You really made my day!
I did learn two things - and i Have some rubber stamps with asemic writing that I use for backgrounds on cards. I had no idea what TIL - I guess I am losing my hip-ness. The social kind, not the physical kind, unfortunately. I got plenty of hip-ness going on there :-)
ReplyDeleteThe postcard is too cool! I tried addressing an envelope using your style of widening the spaces between the cursive letters and made a holy mess out of it. I have been practicing, though, so maybe you'll get some fan mail from me one day - stranger things have happened.
So funny, you are, Jackie! LOL!
DeleteThanks, Jackie! I think you are plenty hip, and in the best way possible. :-)
ReplyDeleteI have been in a letter-writing slump lately. I put my letter-writing mojo somewhere and I forgot where it is. Maybe one of these days I will find it and you'll get a letter from me!
Like Jackie, I also learned 2 things from your blog today, Randall. A day with fan mail, is a great day indeed! :)
ReplyDeleteTil for real! :)
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