Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from. Book description harpercollins publishers inc, united states, 2011. All of the postcards in this set were considered for the new book. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of.
Feb 19, 2015 well, when i started postsecret i had a pretty boring, monotonous job, and i was living in a suburb, i was a husband and father, so i would pursue these postcard projects after work and on the weekends. Leaf through this intimate and unique collection of secrets from strangers. The project became huge as thousands upon thousands mailed in their confessions, and so this book of curation was created. The major themes that i find useful for art educators to consider based on my analysis and interpretation of the postsecret website and books are anonym. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives december 1, 2005 isbn 0060899190 my secret. I cannot tell you how excited i was to finally own one of the books, and how ecstatic i was to flick through the pages and find a slip of paper left inside by a stranger. Remember me as a time of day by explosions in the sky. Oct 09, 2007 the awardwinning postsecret projects most profound and stunning postcards to date for the past three years frank warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed he has shared these postsecrets on his awardwinning blog postsecret com in an internationally traveling art exhibit and in. Oct 12, 2010 this international phenomenon has spawned five new york times bestselling books, a successful traveling exhibition and a public speaking tour. You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to postsecret and the new postsecret book, postsecret confessions on life, death and god. Mar 31, 2017 since 2005, there has been an active channel to send ones anonymous confessions broadcast on a postcard via standard mail. Filled with anonymous and often beautiful postcards that share peoples confessions and. See more ideas about post secret, frank warren, postcard. Your deepest, darkest secrets now on display at the.
Postsecret was the third postcard art project i worked on and it just caught fire. Today, there are six bestselling postsecret books, multiple museum exhibitions, and frank warrens immersive multimedia postsecret live. Confessions on life, death and god exhibit includes only the postcards on the topics of religion, god and the afterlife. Confessions on life, death, and god born from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of neverbefore seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing the shocking, soulful or laughoutloud funny thoughts and feelings we all share about lifes most profound questions. When people i love leave voicemails on my phone, i always save.
If youve ever had a secret and we all have, that you couldnt share with any one and it made you feel like. Confessions on life, death and god brings together secrets exclusively on the subject of faith. Jul 06, 2011 the postcards have been curated for five new york times bestselling books and have been exhibited at the museum of modern art and the american visionary art museum. Stretched over a full lifespan, the secrets expose the meaningful ways. Postsecret extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives pdf. There is a postsecret album, a postsecret ted talk and a postsecret play on tour. A compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the postsecret website the project that captured a nations imagination.
Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives hardback. A postsecret book, the secret lives of men and women. I absolutley loved reading all of the postcards in this book, and on the. The postsecret project, as it is formally known, was started by a man in maryland named frank warren. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, my secret. You may have seen some of these postcards in the first postsecret book.
Dec 09, 2014 youll meet kathy and a few others touched by postsecret in warrens new book, the world of postsecret. See more ideas about post secret, the secret, secret. The postcards have been curated for five new york times bestselling books and have been exhibited at the museum of modern art and the american visionary art museum. To coincide with the release of warrens fifth book by the same title, postsecret.
A postsecret book by frank warren 2006, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Oct 23, 2005 the postsecret book is a hardcover with 288 pages published by harper collinsregan books. Sep 18, 2008 a compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the postsecret website the project that captured a nations imagination. Your deepest, darkest secrets now on display at the national. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank.
Anonymous strangers mail him postcards revealing a secret, using creative artwork to tell their secrets in addition to the text. Last version postsecret extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives uploaded by cao xueqin, this item postsecret extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank warren hardcover 2469 in stock ships from and sold by amazoncom free shipping on orders over 2500 details a lifetime of secrets a postsecret book by frank warren. Postsecret sunday secrets postsecret at museum of us postsecret museum of man exhibit classic secrets. Jan, 2017 worldwide mail art project, created by frank warren in 2005, in which people anonymously mail him their secrets on a postcard. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. The postsecret phenomenon began when frank warren invited strangers to anonymously mail him a secret on a postcard. Now this is not your typical coffee table book for lack of a better description. In 2004, frank warren printed out 3,000 postcards and invited people to share a secret with him, anonymously, by writing it on one of these postcards and mailing it to him. Postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. Postsecret 28241 crown valley pkwy, f224 laguna niguel, ca 92677. This is frank warrens most extraordinary book yet, delving into our collective confessions via postcard to his awardwinning blog. Oct, 2009 but postsecret has now become a cultural phenomenon, including a booming website, a book series and speaking engagements at colleges and museums. Nearly a million postcards containing random strangers mailedin confessions have been collected for an exhibit at the national postal museum.
Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession or childhood humiliation. Confessions on life, death, and god by frank warren. You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. At times its funny, sad, ironic can make you feel like your not alone and that is what most books are missing, but because this book was written by its readers it is truly magnificent and touching. It started about 15 years ago and it still is functioning. Pdf adopting frank warrens postsecret art project to. It didnt take long to finish but it was a very amusing, insightful, at times deep, dark and depressing as well as hopeful, uplifting and motivating. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of neverbefore seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing the shocking, soulful or laughoutloud funny thoughts and feelings. Frank warren, the most trusted stranger in america, offers the fifth book in his new york times bestselling series. People mail in anonymous postcards with their secret confessions and each week a bunch are shared on the website. The 278 cards in the presentation are hung in clear cases.
Shockingly, over a million people from around the world did. New york times bestsellerthe awardwinning postsecret projects most profound and stunning postcards to datefor the past three years frank warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they. New york times bestseller the project that captured a nations imagination. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecrets books or museum exhibits. For a lifetime of secrets, the fourth postsecret book, ive selected postcards that show how secrets can reveal a momentary impulse or haunt us for decades and arranged them by age to follow the common journey we all take through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, maturity.
A simple way of how to send your secrets to postsecret. And written on each postcard is a strangers secret a confession of sorts, sent to warren anonymously. Some would have been included if the book had been extra long. Exacompta hard bound postcard collection book, 20x25. Create your 4by6inch postcards out of any mailable material. It is impossible to quote the postcards without making the book justice, because many of the items submitted are incredible visual works, yet these three postcards may. Book summary offers illustrated postcards from the postsecret website sent in by people who anonymously reveal secrets from their past which they have never told to anyone, presenting a full range. It lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. Reveal anything as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before. The secret could be about regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession, or a childhood humiliation. This is the most recent peek into the postsecret archive. The postsecret website, which initially posted many. Confessions on life, death, and god born from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of neverbefore seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing. Many of the half million postcards have been posted online and published in books.
He has shared these postsecrets on his blog, in an internationally traveling art exhibit, and in four electrifying and bestselling books. A website that allows members to anonymously submit postcards bearing secrets has created a media furor after a user posted an apparent murder confession on saturday. This book is the second in frank warrens series of books derived from his postsecret project. Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from people confessing secrets theyve told nobody about. Frank warren the internet phenomenon postsecret is now available in book form. Hi franki bought my first postsecret book when i was in manchester attending a wedding in august 2014. Jan 25, 2021 one of the first websites i ever loved was postsecret.
Since then, the since then, the venture has burgeoned into an additional four books w arren, 2006, 2007a, 2007b. Here he presents a neverbeoreseen selection of provocative and moving postsecrets. A postsecret book by frank warren 2007, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of neverbefore seen. Postsecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by frank warren in 2005, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives a lifetime of secrets. Frank has traveled the world sharing secrets and stories from australia to the white house. Inside, there are hundreds of color images of postcards. Working late into the night on the floor of a manhattan hotel, the founder of the hugely popular online secretsharing project assembled dozens of new secrets for. Although you would not have seen the secret with the elephants. I didnt realize i wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as i really am.
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