PostSecret is an
internationally growing mail art project, which grew out of an idea from
founder Frank Warren, which involved distributing blank postcards and inviting
recipients to return them after having adorned them with a secret that they had
never told. The response was unexpectedly huge and since PostSecret has grown
into a mass online community. Indeed the Sunday blog has become a firm
favourite of mine.
Nothing however quite measures
up to the books - essentially collations of lots of postcards... sort of the most meaningful
picture book I've yet come across. Here among the many pages are postcards, some bright, some
beautiful, some wonderfully simple, all baring words straight from others.
These range in content from the hilarious to the heartfelt, from the
devastating to the downright bizarre. What ties them all together though, is each
individual entering into the spirit and sharing a little piece of him or her self,
a personal secret of some variety. Within the pages is captured the very essence of
what it is to be human, with every shade of emotion and feeling there to be
related with by the reader. Just like good literature, it is specifically this
ability to arouse emotion which gives this book its power.
It is most definitely worth acquiring
a copy of one of five in the series so far. It's a really lovely book to be able
to reach for in search of comfort, motivation or simply a smile. I have
included a few from my last flick through the book below - enjoy!
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