Monday, September 15, 2008

Post Secret

This website is really interesting. It is a great example of private writing being brought into the public sphere.http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

3 comments:

lindacomo said...

Postsecret is so interesting! I usually read the new ones posted on the website on Sundays if I remember. I think it's really great that people can feel the relief that comes with sharing their secrets with the world without any of the backlash that would normally come with it.

jenell_randall said...

I agree, I have one of the books that the guy who runs the website published. The cards range between absolutely gorgeous, both textually and visually, to deeply haunting or sad. I think its a really intriguing new medium to appear in our era, one that seems to fit with the general penchant for expressing ourselves under the safe cover of anonymity that our generation has become so accustomed to via the web and technology interfaces.

Anonymous said...

Another interesting example related to PostSecret is FOUND Magazine. Its a little different, because its not the writers or creators who submit the writing/art, its people who find the writing/art on the street or in public places. Its a very compelling look into whats normally private or simply mundane in people's lives.

You can check it out at
http://www.foundmagazine.com/