New Stuff from 90's and 2000's

I was trying to find papers for my income tax preparation when I came upon a whole folder of stuff from Maris from the 90's and 2000's.  I will now share this stuff.  (All except some of his family pictures at some family  reunions)

Post Cards: Latvia-1990 and Nova Scotia-1994

Maris's mural art at the Globe Cafe in Seattle from April 1995 through June 1995 using car tires as rubber stamps.

Maris in Riga, Latvia in the summer of 1995.  He also went to Smiltene, Latvia to visit the church that was his great grandfather's .  He took a pix with church people. 

More pix of Latvia in 1995

Maris Art in 1996 (Kitch and Kaboodle) and 

1998 (Gertrude Stein Performance) 3 pix

His Studio and rehearsal space and pad in 1998

This letter I received from Maris after I had lost contact with him and I found him on-line by contacting the Subtext readings at the Speakeasy Cafe in Seattle where he was performing and I left an e-mail with some one there.  (http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980329&slug=2742129)

 April 15, 1998:

"Subtext Reading Series: Maris Hundzins (sic) and Crag Hill are the featured poets; 7:30 p.m., Speakeasy Cafe, 2304 Second Ave., Seattle, $5 suggested donation; "

The pix he mentions are above the letter and the information about Latvian workforce in 1955, I am leaving off.

Chapter 15 - The Beard

As with events that happen, the death of Whitney Houston is one that jogs the memories in a strange way.  I was web surfing for famous drug deaths and ended up in Wikipedia and looked at all of the notorious deaths by drugs or alcohol.  I was led to Jim Morrison of the Doors in Wikipedia which led me to his influences during the Sixties.  One influence stood out for me and reminded me of something Maris and I did together.  We saw Michael McClure in San Francisco at the Poetry Event in 1973 that I have already mentioned.

We liked his play "The Beard".  So we decided to present it near where we lived in Petaluma.  We contacted Mr. McClure to get his permission which he granted.  (I am searching for that document)  We presented it as a reading more than the play since neither of us were actors although I did participate in High School and College plays and hung out in Hollywood for a short period.

We presented it on the back of my 1960 red Ford Ranchero in front of a few people.  I am posting again the picture of that Ranchero and the farm.

CHAPTER Fourteen-Friends 2004

Chapter Seven - Monty Cantsin

If you Google his name, you will notice a Maris Kundzins with links in English and another Maris Kundzins with links in Latvian. There is a Latvian scienist named Maris Kundzins. Also, you will notice that a lot of the links in English mention Monty Cantsin and Neoism. I have added a wikipedia page and another page to explain what that was all about. I knew nothing about it, but I have posted a letter from the mid 70's that mention Monty Cantsin.  I would say it is one way of explaining his art.

Chapter Thirteen- Some Tributes

Some places to go for tributes

http://vimeo.com/19819817

http://splab.org/2011/01/nate-mackey-talkprose-reading-march-11/

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=maris-kundzins&pid=148289903

http://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=maris+kundzins&source=bl&ots=C5GFF2yloH&sig=sNvyvjzhEE8fKMjiMf0RYYrSH1g&hl=en&ei=C3oYTqjiNo70swOImYzpDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=maris%20kundzins&f=false

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171985405/maris-kundzins

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/167498717/person/392176282967/facts

CHAPTER Twelve- Postcards from the 80's

CHAPTER ELEVEN-Joe Spider, Angry Clown, Two bit Flyer and Maris

This is another collaborative effort publication.  The others, as I have already stated, were collaborative with other artists but not dated or signed always.  He was the crack editor for everything though.  This is Maris and his San Francisco Artist Friend Barry.  I believe the first half is Maris and the second half is Barry's (Joe Spider, Angry Clown and Two Bit Flyer).  This comic book was made in the 70's.