Jamie...
I get a kick out of "placing "letterboxes more than searching for them .
I mostly enjoy creating /carving the samp itself.
Next is the finders comments and where they live.
I think I have more placed than found.
I will sometimes get on a rampage of one subject such as (Covered
Bridges ) :)

franzsolo...OhiO Letterboxer



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--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie Sheffield"
wrote:

> What draws you to letterboxing? The hunt, the stamping, some
> combination of the two, or something altogether different?


The idea that I could (and do) create art for public consumption
without any precepts about what it should look like. IE: a medium for
my artistic ideas and expression about places, people, and things.
Most often this is channeled through clues and just artwork, but
sometimes I'll drop tidbits about the culture and location.

I think of letterboxing as an extension of my surrounding area. What
would others coming to my town/city/state want to see? How would they
like to remember it? A stamp, a souvenier if you will - and of course,
a stamp with text so that you might flip through your log and see
exactly where you were at that box.

phyto
P117 F392 X123

I enjoy treasure hunting, puzzles, and games (the hunt).

I like artistic self-expression, through many forms of art, by
others and myself.

I enjoy being in the woods, getting out there.

Above all I crave exploring.

All that makes me a hopeless letterboxing devotee.

Scarab



--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie Sheffield"
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What draws you to letterboxing? The hunt, the stamping, some
> combination of the two, or something altogether different?
>
> I started as a geocacher, and came across letterboxing from that
> angle, and so the hunt is the bigger deal to me, although I love
> seeing and sharing the stamping aspect of letterboxing.
>
> I would be interested in hearing what other people feel about this
> subject...
>
> Thanks,
>
> nfa-jamie

This is a hard question! I enjoy carving stamps and
then planting boxes, but I love finding boxes too. I
think one aspect elevates the other. It wouldn't be
nearly as much fun carving stamps if I didn't know
what pleasure it is to find one, and vice versa.

I was showing a group of cub scouts my logbook last
weekend and I had to explain nearly every single stamp
in it, telling where I found it, whether it was a
planted box, a hitchhiker, a personal stamp or an
event stamp, whether it was my box or someone else's.
They wanted DETAILS! As I told the story of each
stamp, it was like opening the past year and a half up
and turning it over and looking at it and reliving it,
and then trying to explain it to someone else. I
realized then that it is all woven together and to
choose between making stamps or finding boxes would be
like unraveling a blanket - it would never be as
pretty as it was when it was all together.

Interestingly, kids quite often "get it" better than
adults do!

Lucy

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