Mail Art from Atte Ourie in Finland

Like many people, I have favorite books that I return to and re-read. It's comforting, like a visit with a long-time friend.

          Savoring the situations, phrases, the careful building of the plot... and now I've received mail art of that caliber. I'll be enjoying these pieces, puzzling over the content, deciphering, wondering, wandering and returning to my archives to look at these again and again. 
          No, I've never met Atte Ourie, and won't try to discover who this mysterious artist might be. It's very pleasant to have received these works, and you can see there is no return address that would allow me to send something even though I might want to do so.
          Whether viewed as visual poetry, a mathematic puzzle, a mystery of archaeology, or any other interpretation promises to provide a wealth of enjoyment over time.
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Main Entry:	mysterious
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	secret, concealed
Synonyms:	abstruse, alchemistic, arcane, astrological, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, mystifying, necromantic, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, sphinxlike, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknowable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird
Notes:	mysterious  means of an obscure nature, while mystical  means having a divine meaning that transcends human understanding

 

  

Saturday I received another card that I think of as the table of contents, from Atte Ourie:

Atte Ourie: Many thanks for the continuation!