Carole Bombard

Ray's Johnson's "Carole Bombard" copier art was mailed to me June 14, 1993 with the following inscription written by Ray on a page torn from a Spanish phone directory: "The 'Soon It Will Be Show Time Again' theme song is by Kenneth Patchen." The idosyncracies of Ray Johnson's mailings are always tailor made to the recipient receiving them, even if the contents are merely copies of copies, the content is both direct and calculated. In A Conversation With R. Pieper" Johnson stated: "I keep saying to people who want to find out about the Correspondence School (NYCS) that the only way to truly understand it is through participation, because what I do is made for each person. When I'm speaking to you, I am creating this composition for you by telephone, on the spot."(1)

(1) Donahue, Bonnie and Ed Koslow, ed. "Mail Art Etc.," Exhibition catalogue published by University of Colorado, Tyler School of Art, and Florida State Universsity, 1984. p. 15.