The Lost Art of Letter Writing

  

Now it can be told that S finally tied the knot with C.  This is a mixed media encaustic piece that I made for their wedding present.  The two had a long distance relationship that spanned four years, survivied multiple perilous journeys across the Atlantic seas, a bar review/exam, abstinence from car races and many more sacrifices... the stuff that true love is made of!  They had always maintained their long distance relationship, and never had they once lived in one place, save for the twice yearly trips each would make for a week or two to each one's homebase.  It doesn't sound that hard in this age of skype, e-mail and webcams, but weekly, I'd see these letters to C from S on the office receptionist's desk... envelopes were always addressed by hand in S's fancy cursive writing.  I can only guess that they share the same long hand in the letters themselves.  There's a certain vulnerability to revealing one's hand-writing.  It tells so much, and is a much more immediate view of a person, especially today, when all communication can be made so fast.  The act of actually picking up your favorite pen, writing your thoughts out and revealing all the nuances of each curve, dot, line and dash seems to be an act of love in itself.  The piece above was made from vintage letters and postcards, charcoal, wood, acrylics, oil pastels, beeswax, gold dust and Japanese vintage tiles I found in India weeks before they finally sealed the deal.  A tribute to their letter writing to each other, I have written the words "ever after," on the piece, multiple times, and carved the phrase, "happy ever after happy" in beeswax.  Seems like it was always meant to be!  Congratulations, S & C!

Comments

[Lennie]

This is just SO lovely!

[Beth/thequeenofcups]

This is absolutely fabulous! And the story, too! I love it all!

[Als Simmons]

That's really cool.. love the concept as well

[ELK]

such lovely expression here~elk

[Anna M. Rosete]

Hello, everyone! I am so honored to have been visited by all of you. Thank you all for the comments. I am glad to have shared this with you.

Anna

[Tammie]

Thank you for sharing this story, so romantic and makes my heart smile. Your gift to them is quite wonderful.