PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
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Of Book, December 4, 2005
By T. Peyton (Central CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from
Ordinary Lives (Hardcover)
I've been a fan of the PostSecret website for quite awhile. Its nice
to have so many of the secrets, some of which I've seen before, in a
book.
Read secrets out loud, to a friend: They're a great conversation
piece. Read secrets alone: They will, by turns, make you laugh, cry
and think.
The only thing I would change is that the postcards are enlarged,
often taking a full page, or even two pages, of space. I would have
preferred to see them closer to their actual size. You tend to lose
the feeling that you're reading an actual postcard.
Editorial Reviews
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“Humanity at its finest . . . And because of it I am falling in love
with the world again.” (– A contributor on Postsecret.com )
“A fascinating public airing of private thoughts. . . The range of
efforts (meticulous, sloppy, artful, ponderous) will astound you.” (–
TIME.com, "50 Coolest Websites of 2005" )
About the Author
Frank Warren is a small business owner who started PostSecret.com as a
community art project. Since November 2004 Warren has received more
than 150,000 anonymous postcards. The website won two Webby Awards in
2006 and this year was named Weblog of the Year at the Seventh Annual
Weblog Awards. The PostSecret project also received a special award
from the National Mental Health Association for raising awareness and
funds for suicide prevention. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland,
with his wife and daughter.
Book Description
Publication Date: November 29, 2005
The project that captured a nation's imagination.
The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary.
"You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art
project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire,
confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything -- as long as it
is true and you have never shared it with anyone before. Be brief. Be
legible. Be creative."
It all began with an idea Frank Warren had for a community art
project. He began handing out postcards to strangers and leaving them
in public places -- asking people to write down a secret they had
never told anyone and mail it to him, anonymously.
The response was overwhelming. The secrets were both provocative and
profound, and the cards themselves were works of art -- carefully and
creatively constructed by hand. Addictively compelling, the cards
reveal our deepest fears, desires, regrets, and obsessions. Frank
calls them "graphic haiku," beautiful, elegant, and small in structure
but powerfully emotional.
As Frank began posting the cards on his website, PostSecret took on a
life of its own, becoming much more than a simple art project. It has
grown into a global phenomenon, exposing our individual aspirations,
fantasies, and frailties -- our common humanity.
Every day dozens of postcards still make their way to Frank, with
postmarks from around the world, touching on every aspect of human
experience. This extraordinary collection brings together the most
powerful, personal, and beautifully intimate secrets Frank Warren has
received -- and brilliantly illuminates that human emotions can be
unique and universal at the same time.
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