Snail Mail My Email Project Works, With Fun Results

Last month, GeekTech told you about art project Escargot Chain armor My Electronic mail, which looks at the lost art of letter committal to writing in exchange for the "instant graticification" of sending an email operating theatre IM. Eyesight as it is a self-governing to utilize service, I decided to give the armed service a try.

Setting up a letter to send to a friend was pretty easy–just email the project with the recipient's address (which stool be anywhere in the world), your note (no longer than 100 words), and the best bit: You can besides request a doodle, a lipstick osculation, a petal, or even a spritz of perfume along the letter. After picking my recipient role–another GeekTech writer–and requesting a scribble, my part was done.

Unfortunately, my recipient shut up has not received his letter, but mine appeared in a week, complete with very tidy handwriting and a well-umbrageous sketch of a Breadfish. there's in spades Thomas More excitment in receiving a written letter than an email. Interestingly, the project has a conspicuous number of letter-writers based in various countries, meaning you father't rattling have to wait very farseeing for your varsity letter to be sent–for instance, the letter I received had been sent deom within the UK, despite the email sender being based in the US.

So, if you want to surprisal a relative operating theatre have fun with a friend, certainly give Escargot Chain armour My Email a sample, as it is flying until August 15. However, it comes with a dissuasive: not only are letters not tracable, but not all of the writers are good artisits operating theater handwriters. Still, I do believe that the gratification the projection is aiming for is certainally achievable by sending or receiving the letter, if not more so than an email.

Check out the website's gallery to see some of the best letters sent.

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