
I recently watched this documentary on Ray Johnson. He was a very inventive thinker, and like many introverts, a sad person. He ended his life early, in a manner which was very symbolic and possibly was seen by him as his last work of art.
Ray sent art to friends as postcards through the mail, often asking them to add to them and send them on – in an artistic version of a chain letter. I think my favorite tidbit from the doc was an anecdote about a friend wanting to buy a collage from Ray. Ray offered him the collage for $2,000. The friend offered $1,500 and Ray agreed, however, before mailing the piece, he cut off a quarter corner of the collage, thus supplying $1,500 worth of the original $2,000 collage. I think that gives a lot of insight into the type of person Ray was.



