Dear
Readers,
Would
you be my pen pal? I propose an exchange in the mail of letters (handwritten or
not, but mine shall be made on the computer because my handwriting is
illegible, even to me).
If
interested, please send me an e-mail with your mailing address & I will acknowledge
then send you a letter. my email is amanda at amandaearl dot com.
These
letters can include anything that can be sent in the mail that you can dream up
& would like to send, but shouldn’t cost you a fortune. I want personal and
ongoing correspondence between kindreds. I want the intimacy of letters
transported from your home to mine, crossing oceans or travelling along bumpy
roads to reach us.
I
recently wrote a rant on my Polymumbles feature on my Tumblr blog about the
lost art of communication. How few of my friends or other people I know return
e-mails, text me or communicate with me in any way except for emojis and hearts
on social media. At least that’s something.
But
the world feels cold to me & lonely. This lack of human interaction is
making things worse for me & I suspect for others. I see people
occasionally at poetry readings or other events, but we barely talk to one
another because too much is going on. I want a quiet moment of contemplation
with your words, pictures, mix tapes or anything else you care to exchange.
You
can be a stranger to me, a friend, a former lover, a current lover. You can be
local or far away. On this planet or another. Whoever you are, what matters
most to me is that we have an interesting exchange of words that helps us to
feel less lonely on this fucked up little planet.
I
expect the correspondence to be sporadic, rather than regular. No commitments to
anything. I don’t like that myself. Just occasional surprises in the mail.
I
don’t know if anyone will respond to this at all or if a bunch of people will.
I will answer your letters if you send them to me.
Are
you a fan of the Griffin and Sabine trilogy of books? If you are, you would
make a great pen pal. The rest, I’ll leave us to discover.
your fellow weirdo,
Amanda
Earl, lonely but still trying to reach out…
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