Postcard

Postcard

Monday, January 28, 2013

Art and Faith - Norfolk County Summary


I never know what I’m looking for, but I always find it. 

People often ask what sort of letters I want when considering a donation to the project. It’s a question I try not to answer. Unlike most archives I resist establishing a priority in part because leaving that decision up to the donor feels like a more honest way of building the collection, but also because I could never think of the characters and stories within the letters I’m brought.

My short residency at the Norfolk Arts Centre (NAC) in Simcoe this past December was no exception: 
Bryan writes his pen pal from a correctional facility in Michigan.
King George V sends best wishes and thanks to a returning WWI soldier.
Norrie complains he “is still struggling with the language” in a postcard dashed off before a meeting in Bologna with Umberto Eco.