PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
Posted on Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
- ISBN13: 9780060899196
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
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.
I felt this book was a waste of my money. I would not recommend this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
Luckily I had a friend who took this book off of my shelf!! Some would say that I don’t “get it” — but it is a fabricated collection of trash.
Rating: 1 / 5
who finds the marketing and sale of this book a bit creepy/distressing? Perhaps this is an arachaic notion, but the exploitation of another’s pain, confession, and art for one’s own economic gain is simply unethical–no matter what kind of altruistic spin you put on the endeavor.
By the way, I just love the legal notice that appears at the bottom of the postsecret website:
By submitting information to PostSecret, you grant
PostSecret a perpetual, royalty-free license to use,
reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, and otherwise
exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to
that information at its sole discretion, including storing
it on PostSecret servers and incorporating it in other works
in any media now known or later developed including without
limitation published books.
Smells a bit sulfurous to me.
Rating: 1 / 5
The handwriting on the cover is the same as the handwriting on many of the postcards.
Rating: 1 / 5
This bittersweet adventurous book is a touching story you have to read. This book takes place in the Ozark Mountains, where Billy (main character)and his family live. Billy has a heartwarming disease called Puppy Love. After two long years. he finally gets his two hounds he has always wanted. He takes many hunting adventurous with his dogs, Little Ann and Old Dan.
This book is great because it has so many details and it makes you feel like you are actullay at that scene in the book. This book also makes you feel so in touch with the characters that you could be there sibling. The author of this book is fantastic. The storyline of this book is dramatic, but heartwarming at the same time.
Billy Coleman is the main character of this story. He is a very caring dog owner. He never gives up on his dogs no matter what. Billy shows a lot of determanation throughout this book, such as saving up money for two years to get his dogs.
Little Ann is a playful hound who loves her brother Old Dan. She is very loyal to him.
Old Dan is a very strong and brave dog, and he never gives up up while hunting. He is also very loyal to Little Ann.
Together they make a perfect hunting team. Billy is very lucky, to have two hounds with the bronze and the brains.
We strongly recommand this book to anyone. This book will touch your heart in many different ways. The author, William Rawls, keeps you on your toes at all times. This is an awesome book! You’ll have to read it to fing out how Billy makes a connection with his dogs. You will also have to read it to discover what happens on one hunting trip…
Please take the time to read this book!!!!
By:
Haley and Annalise
Rating: 5 / 5