Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What's Your Secret?

So I'm 100% addicted to PostSecret.com It updates on Sunday's and I am on there at 12:01 checking for new postcards. For those of you that don't know the site-people from all over the world make anonymous postcards with their deepest secret on them. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're sad. Sometimes I read them and I honestly wonder what the hell is wrong with some people. It really shows the different aspects of humanity. There are no ads on the website so it makes completely no money (Frank Warren-the guy behind the idea-does the entire project volunarily). The visitor count is well into the millions, so I'm sure advertisers would love to get their hands on a forum like this. The site is so simple it's brilliant. Frank posts about a dozen or so postcards every Sunday, and sometimes some e-mailed in responses from people. Obviously with a project like this, Frank recieves 10 times the amount of cards he is able to post, so he has now published 4 PostSecret books, containing all the secrets he's recieved so far. It's an almost cathartic experience to read everyone's secrets, perhaps you will find that you share someone else's.

This project has been displayed in many different forums, one of the most well known is the music video for The All-American Rejects song called Dirty Little Secret...you can watch it here


Several secrets are also on display at the American Visionary Art Mueseum...and here's the video for that...



It's such a unique and cool concept, and I've always been jealous of the mailman that gets to deliver to Frank's house :) Here are a few cool cards from this Sunday...

What's Your Secret?

1 comment:

DIZZY said...

I'm obsessed too! Every Sunday, new secrets.. and I just can't get enough! I'm thinking about buying the book!!