Oh, that's a given, especially snail mail, which sadly like other things, has become transitory.

 

That said, I love to exchange artistic visions, or accept within reason, artistic ideas to challenge my craft.  I am hoping to publish a "How-To" of what I do purely because as time reinforces some of my disabilities, I hope that others may be inspired to carry on the works. 

 

In our community, I am often contacted as to how I achieve certain effects, or results.  I have never minded sharing because it is my nature, and the nature of art.  But there have been those that have "picked my brain" as the saying goes, and have gone on to purport that the techniques they used and applied, originated with them.  That is both angering and sad, because it closes the door to artistic trust, and alters the opportunities for the truly inquisitive and artistic who want to experience the medium.