# Portals of Place Mail Art Club vs The Quiet Return

> Side-by-side comparison of two snail mail subscription clubs.

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## Quick Comparison

| Feature | Portals of Place Mail Art Club | The Quiet Return |
|---------|--------------------------------|------------------|
| **Price** | $22\.22 | $15 |
| **Frequency** | Every other full moon | Monthly  |
| **Ships** | US only | Worldwide |
| **Rating** | N/A | N/A |

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## Portals of Place Mail Art Club
*alchemizing climate dread into love letters to earth*

![Portals of Place Mail Art Club](https://storage.googleapis.com/letter-clubs.firebasestorage.app/submissions/1792470122952-cs3r459m42_0bcd3a02.jpg)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Price** | $22\.22 |
| **Frequency** | Every other full moon |
| **Ships** | US only |
| **Country** | US |

Each portal is dedicated to a different landscape that I have personally sat with a watercolor painted in one sitting, on location. I then risograph print each painting, write a love letter to the land or speculative futures short story, research the waterways, plants, animals, and invite the indigenous peoples of that land to write a land acknowledgment and send that 'portal of place' to your doorstep. A full moon reminder to feel curiosity and reverence towards this strange and beautiful planet we are on. 

Each portal is dedicated to a different place that I have personally sat with and painted, on location, in one sitting.

I started plein air painting as a meditative practice. A moment to quiet my anxious mind, to sit still with the land and deeply observe the textures of bark and leaves, how the colors change in the light.

I started painting watercolor cards in high school. I’d approach my teachers and classmates with a punny set of designs and take custom orders before holidays.

There’s something so special about my art being the vehicle for messages of love - to a crush or lover on valentine’s day, to a grandmother on mother’s day. Those written down words of affirmation can be read and experienced over and over again without the giver being present.

And now that we continue to wake up in a world that is changing, melting, and desertifying faster than we know how to make sense of or feel about it, I’m writing love letters and paintings to earth and sending them to mailboxes, as a portals of place ~ a full moon ritual to create moments of remembrance and curiosity.

**Tags:** `nature`, `USA (for now!)`

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## The Quiet Return
*    A monthly invitation to slow down, create & return to yourself\.*

![The Quiet Return](https://storage.googleapis.com/letter-clubs.firebasestorage.app/submissions/1789434286324-rmvx67w19ul_8916ae18.png)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Price** | $15 |
| **Frequency** | Monthly  |
| **Ships** | Worldwide |
| **Country** | US |

October’s Quiet Return

October is a month of turning — changing light, changing seasons, and gently releasing what no longer needs to be carried forward.

Your October envelope includes:





Handwritten letter
5x7 seasonal art print
5x7 colouring page
October ritual & intention card
Journal Prompt
Bookmark
Stickers
A small seasonal surprise


The Quiet Return

A little something beautiful for your mailbox.

The Quiet Return is a monthly piece of slow mail created to encourage you to pause, create, and make a little space for yourself.

Each month brings a thoughtfully curated collection of art, words, seasonal inspiration, and small invitations to slow down and reconnect with what matters.

A gentle reminder, arriving in your mailbox:

Take a pause. Create something. Return to yourself.

**Tags:** `nature`, `Worldwide `

**[Visit The Quiet Return](https://thequietreturn.ca)**
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