Marilyn Dammann

this letter was sent through email by Guido Vermeulen :




Dear Friends from and beyond the mail art network,To support family and friends of Marilyn Dammann, to express ourselves thru art and heart for the loss of someone we all love(d) and admire(d) , I propose to all of you to participate in this special tribute (English call followed again by French one)JUNE 26 : INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY TO HONORMARILYN DAMMANN aka SHADOWDear mail art friends and networkers,The friends and family of Marilyn Dammann are planning 2 activities as a tribute to Shadow:June 3 will be the opening of a tribute exhibition. This was already prepared and everyone hoped Marilyn would be present at the opening. Her sudden death on May 22 makes that her presence will be a spiritual one.June 26 will be a memorial day: friends and family will come together, drink a special wine that Marilyn made for this occasion (she was an excellent wine maker and prepared even a batch to drink to celebrate her life) and will walk in the woods to visit and alter some of Marilyn's earth sculptures. Marilyn loved making art with what she found in nature and she always invited visitors to alter these pieces that were already in a continuous process of change and transformation because of time and the natural elements. She called these actions "walking the pilgrimage path"Family and friends invited me to be present that day and participate but I cannot afford traveling for the moment. But this gave me the force and the inspiration to present this idea to the whole of the network:Let's turn June 26 into an international memory day for Marilyn Dammann.Let's all honor Shadow by creating art the 26th, doing a performance, write a poem, do a nature walk, choose the expression you're most happy with ...Let's celebrate her life with joy, with love, light and magic; like she always did!I propose also you document (with text, images, photos, reports) what you do in the corner of your globe and mail me these.I'll unite all tributes and dispatch them as a whole to her close friends and family members in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and spread them again in the mail art network as a tribute of the mail art network to one of its members.So send your June 26 tributes for Shadow to:Guido Vermeulen, Vincottestreet 81, B-1030 Brussels - BELGIUMEmail: guido.vermeulen@easynet.be <mailto:guido.vermeulen@easynet.be>Les ami(e)s et la famille de Marilyn Dammann preparent deux activites en son honneur:Juin 3 sera l'ouverture d'une expo en son hommage. Sa morte soudaine fait que sa presence sera spirituelle.Juin 26 sera une journee de memoire et une celebration de sa vie. Ami(e)s et famille se reuniront pour boire un vin a sa sante qu'elle a fabriquee elle-meme pour cette occasion.Ils se promeneront dans les bois en visitant les sculptures que Marilyn faisait avec le debris de la nature. Ils ajouterons et modifions les sculptures, une chose que Marilyn proposait a tous ces visiteurs.On m'a invite a cette journee mais le manque d'argent m'empeche de faire un nouveau voyage aux USA. C'est alors que l'idee m'est venue pourquoi pas tourner Juin 26 dans une journee internationale a sa memoire !Creons quelque chose ce jour la en son honneur, faisons une performance, une promenade dans la nature, un poeme, n'importe quelle expression, choisissez celle qui vous convient le mieux.Documentez ce que vous faites le 26/06 et envoyez-moi les resultats.J'unifie l'ensemble et j'enverrai les hommages du monde entier a sa famille et ami(e)s la-bas. Envoyez vos actions du 26 a mon adresse a Bruxelles SVPPostal Greetings,Guido Vermeulenhttp://groups.msn.com/POPOPEINT/guidovermeulenartiste.msnw" If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, thenthere'd be peace." - John Lennon -