Thursday, March 11, 2010

What do you see?

Today is the First-Day for the "Abstract Expressionists" stamp.

It takes a unique artist to paint abstract art...and a unique mind to understand it.  But that's the point, right?

Looking at these stamps, do you see anything in the future for the Postal Service? Comment here.




13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like ZOO animal art! You know, where the keepers give paint brushes to elephants and monkeys to do art. lol

Anonymous said...

I see most of us in the unemployment line. That is the future of the USPS.

Anonymous said...

I love them....think they're great.

Anonymous said...

Art appreciation is in the eye of the beholder. I see a jumbled mess which appears to need straightening out. So is the case with the Postal Service. Too much of some and not enough of others. A real mess.

Anonymous said...

I like the paintings with the bright colors but the one with the black lines and "blobs" hiding the more colorful background reminds me of the situtation the postal service is in: A dark presence (present) blocking what may be a brighter future.

Anonymous said...

I see my collectors spending some extra money to purchase stamps they will probably never use. Seems like a win win purchase for my office and the Postal Service. I will welcome the revenue no matter what picture is on the stamp. Might not particularly like the picture, but appreciate the revenue.

Anonymous said...

A bunch of stamps that I will end up returning to the SSC, or slapping on packages to get rid of.

Karen - Oregon said...

I'm sorry Benny, but I choose not to see what these "atists" are seeing; and where do I get in line to sell some of my own "art?" (Especially the yellow and orange box one, REALLY!!)

PostMuse said...

Wow. So many negative comments about the art. I love these stamps and today I bought 10 sheets. They will be gone by the end of next week. I plan to buy them and use them until I can't get them anymore. THIS is the way the USPS should be going. I am so tired of dead people and flags on postage.

I send about 100 pieces of personal mail a week, a goodly portion international. Two 44¢ and one 10¢ make for a pretty postage collage. And I am VERY lucky that the two women who work in the post office I frequent in Pittsburgh, PA, are savvy to art, trends and customer service.

Anonymous said...

My customers like them, but find a couple of them too big to put on an envelope!

Anonymous said...

What a joke, worse than the Simpsons,

grannybunny said...

The stamps are beautiful and good for USPS' bottom line, as many will -- undoubtedly -- be collected and never used for postage. These -- to me -- are unique, in that the stamps are various sizes on the same sheet; has that ever happened before, to anyone's knowledge?

Anonymous said...

yes, star wars in 2007.