I still have all the postcards i’ve ever been sent. I still love sending postcards myself, from all the places I visit.
These days, fewer people bother. One friend told me he doesn’t send them any more, since there’s email and texting and facebook, but that misses the point of the postcard. Another friend, on the other hand, he sends me postcards from various places he visits in the UK on his acting tours, and I love it. You don’t collect those emails in a dusty old shoebox that you come across many years later (one of the postcards in the picture was sent by my oldest friend, tel, from a holiday in devon when he was about 13 or 14, when it was the furthest he’d ever been; now he lives in korea). You can’t stick those facebook wall entries to your fridge. Writing and sending postcards does take a little effort, but it’s an enjoyable effort, and brings a little more sunshine into the world than seeing “inbox: 1”.
Here’s my illustration friday entry for this week, theme: primitive. Here’s to the more primitive forms of communication. Answers on a postcard.
petescully 
Hello,
first of all, I really like your new home.
Secondly, I too love postcards and send them all the time to people and keep all the postcards I get. Amazingly, since starting blogging and making contact with different people I now send/receive postcards from people I have never met and probably never will. So, there’s the new and the old in the same thing.
Wow! Your illustration is beautiful. I could just reach in there and pick one up! Great depth. I love postcards, too! Snail mail is definitely a lost treasure. Fun interpretation of the subject!
well, with your beautifully rendered illustration of such an antiquated way of correspondence, it makes me want to grab a bunch a blank cards, and pay your efforts a great homage and send out some illustrated postcards this month. :))
thanks for the wonderful inspiration! :))
yes, I agree, I miss those Pen-Pal time, writing back and forward to each other, waiting for mail everyday, and nowadays, I am the same, got lazy , the technology’s is promoting us to get lazy (other than convenient and save time) and slowly have forgotten all the primitive living style actually can brings better living and joy! Thanks for sharing! Great idea and illustration!
What a lovely blog you have!
I like your style.
I am with you, nothing like a handwritten note, a postcard, a letter. Electronic media is awesome but misses that je ne c’est quoi.
Thanks for your comment on Lucas’ star wars. He is enjoying all the press he’s getting.
Cheers!
thank you very much! I also have a large collection of postcards that I wrote out to people and never sent, also going back years. You know how it is, you forget, can’t find a post office, etc. Now it’s like a hidden diary.
This is a great post. I love the image and the thought behind it. I still love handwritten letters too. Thanks for reminding me to do more of that.
thank you!
I miss postcards. You’re right, they were great.
But then again, I’ve never sent a lot so I can’t complain at not getting them!