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| Title | : | PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (PostSecret) |
| Author | : | Frank Warren |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 278 pages |
| Published | : | November 29th 2005 by HC |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Art. Humor. Autobiography. Memoir. Psychology. Adult. Biography |
Frank Warren
Hardcover | Pages: 278 pages Rating: 3.97 | 70753 Users | 1190 Reviews
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New York Times Bestseller 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.Point Books Conducive To PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (PostSecret)
| Original Title: | PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives |
| ISBN: | 0060899190 (ISBN13: 9780060899196) |
| Series: | PostSecret |
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How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human."I have leafed through this in bookstores in the past but never from cover to cover. Since I have learned the wonders of the public library system I was finally able to pore over it, giving it the attention it deserved. I love this book. I love the concept. I love the art. I love the individual expressions (and confessions)of things that can be unifying and liberating to the masses. There are many secrets that i could do without, usually of a sexual nature, but you can't really censor people's
Frank Warren left 3000 postcards in library books, coffee houses, and other random places. He asked people to share a secret with him and mail it back. The rules were simple: It had to be a secret that the sender had never told anyone else and it had to be true.The results were dramatic, heartwarming, heartbreaking and funny. As I read these anonymous confessions, thrown into the universe by those with quirks, tortured pasts, regrets, secret fantasies and sometimes heavy burdens I felt, I don't
A fun read. He invited people to mail him anonymous postcards with a secret. The book is all of those secrets. Some people have lived with horrible secrets, others are just funny (ex. - I like to pee when I swim). A quick look at all the postcards.
This books is oddly inspiring and terrifying at the same time. People from all over the country sent postcards to this guy with their deepests secrets and fears and some will scare the hell out of you and some will make you cry and the worst part is some will make you nod your head and agree! The postcards touch on every human experience we have and let you know you are not alone. The author still receives postcards from all over the world and has made a sequel as well, there is also a website
There was a postcard written in my handwriting... It wasn't me, but it made me think that I had sent one and had forgotten about it. :/
Warren created a project in which he would ask for anonymous submissions of postcards which had their mailers' secrets on them. It was meant to be a way for people to let go of their guilt and feel lighter by not being the only ones who knew about them. The project became huge as thousands upon thousands mailed in their confessions, and so this book of curation was created. Some submissions are lighthearted, casual admissions, while many others are very dark and unfortunate. I think what garners
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