Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, warren again delves into our collective confessions, presenting a neverbeforeseen selection of provocative and moving postsecrets. He requested that the secrets submitted be truthful and not something that the person has ever told anyone before. A fascinating, addictively compelling look at peoples deepest secrets, told through. Since november 2004, warren has received more than 500,000 postcards, with secrets that run from sexual taboos and criminal activity to confessions of. Anonymous postcard confessions reveal secrets of grief and. Warren is still receiving more postcards, and i imagine he always will.
I read select postcard secrets out loud to a group of friends. A postsecret book by frank warren 2007, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. For the participants, these anonymous postcard confessions are part community art project, and part therapy. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives my secret. Frank warren is the founder of, where he publishes some of the secrets strangers have mailed to him on postcards. For more secrets and behind the scenes stories, follow postsecret on twitter. We partnered with frank warren at postsecret to see how strangers react to other peoples secrets that may just hit. Frank warren is the creator and founder of this project that has taken the world by storm. Raw and revealing, these secrets express the hopes, fears and wildest confessions of young people everywhere. 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 help you understand the type of material this book is about. 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. It feels wonderful to know that im not alone, and that maybe one day ill send a postcard in, and feel the secrets weight lifting away from me. Postsecret extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives book. I think this book, reading these secrets, seeing them on paper, helps a lot of people admit their own secrets.
Stretched over a full lifespan, the secrets expose the meaningful ways. 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. And written on each postcard is a strangers secret a confession of sorts, sent to warren anonymously. 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. To date, more than one million postcards offering highly personal secrets have been mailed to warren from around the world. This is an excellent coffee table book that would provide a lot of discussion. Since november 2004, warren has received more than 500,000 postcards, with secrets that run from sexual taboos and criminal activity to confessions of hidden acts. See more ideas about post secret, the secret and frank warren. The range of efforts meticulous, sloppy, artful, ponderous will astound you. Sold by belmont street books and ships from amazon fulfillment. 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. Frank has received over 500,000 postcards since november 2004. Anonymous confessions on a postcard with frank warren.
Some of these postcards are funny, shocking, littered with confessions, sexual desires. A lifetime of secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and. The postsecret book series by frank warren includes books postsecret. A postsecret book the secret lives of men and women. The second postsecret book, my secret, focuses on the compelling and personal messages that have been sent in by college students from around the world. Some would have been included if the book had been extra long. The world of postsecret pdf book best seller directories. The postsecret phenomenon began when frank warren invited strangers to anonymously mail him a secret on a postcard. Postsecret book johnson county library bibliocommons. Aug 21, 2007 in 2004 frank warren started a community art project where he asked people to anonymously mail him a postcard with one of their secrets on it.
Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives 2005 my secret. Up to 20 books are listed, in descending order of popularity. May 24, 2016 frank warren is the founder of, where he publishes some of the secrets strangers have mailed to him on postcards. Since 2004, hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors with something to get off their chest have sent postcards to the website postsecret. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank warren.
Postcard confessions every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, it quickly becomes apparent that secrets are one of the things that unite uswe all have them. Some upset, some inspire, some make us think, some make us happy. Shockingly, over a million people from around the world did. You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. This year, i overcame my fear of sleeping with the closet open. Sep 02, 20 warren started postsecret as an art installation in 2004, handing out selfaddressed postcards inviting people to share their secrets with him anonymously. Frank has received over 1 million secrets in his mailbox with more arriving every day but sunday. Postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. Anonymous confessions on a postcard with frank warren mantalks. If we could just remember this, i think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world. 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 of emotions. Others were very disturbing in that they revealed, longheld secrets of various abuses by and toward others, and the resulting expressions of anger, regret, guilt and sadness appeared all too often throughout the book.
Anonymous people mail in postcards that share a secret. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, a lifetime of secrets. Warren started postsecret as an art installation in 2004, handing out selfaddressed postcards inviting people to share their secrets with him anonymously. Frank warren is the creator of the postsecret project, a collection of highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, displaying the soulful secrets we never voice. For the project, which was started in october 2004, warren asked people to write a secret they had never told anyone on a handmade postcard and mail it to him. Although you would not have seen the secret with the elephants. Heres how the bookwhich has been compiled from the postsecret websiteworks. May 29, 2011 postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Confessions on life, death, and god minecraft secrets. 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. Theres 276 pages of art, humor and an interesting insight into so many lives. Each card bears an intimate and powerful secretat turns inspirational, shocking, hilarious, and poeticthat is told through original illustrations, photographs, collages, and other creative means.
Theres a sequel to this book, i believe, filled with an equal number of postcard secrets. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives hardcover november 29, 2005. A compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the postsecret website the project that captured a nations imagination. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets enchanted postcard book.
Jan 23, 2015 since november 2004, warren has received more than 500,000 postcards, with secrets that run from sexual taboos and criminal activity to confessions of hidden acts of kindness, shocking habits and. The world of postsecret is the sixth book from frank warren. Nov 29, 2005 for the book warren has personally selected about 300 postcards that powerfully reflect the unique essence of this remarkable project. In 2004 frank warren started a community art project where he asked people to anonymously mail him a postcard with one of their secrets on it. Today, there are six bestselling postsecret books, multiple museum exhibitions, and frank warrens immersive multimedia postsecret live. 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 we all share about lifes most profound questions. Anonymously read and post sex confessions and secrets on the internets best confession site. Postsecret exhibit shares anonymous postcard secrets at. Confessions on life, death, and god world of dreamy girls a book. For the book warren has personally selected about 300 postcards that powerfully reflect the unique essence of this remarkable project.
All of the postcards in this set were considered for the new book. The postcards in this book are not organized in any particular way, but the secrets that they reveal include betrayal, love, fear, courage, despair, hope, lonliness, and people send warren a 3 by 5 postcard that reveals a secret that they have never told anyone. Having a secret can often make a person feel very alone. Frank warren left 3000 postcards in library books, coffee houses, and other random. Others were kept out by the publisher, for example, the simpsons image and disney image would have been nearly impossible to gain the rights to reproduce. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, it quickly becomes apparent that secrets are one of the things that unite uswe all have them heres how the bookwhich has been compiled from the postsecret websiteworks. They reveal not only personal secrets, but shared feelings of grief and immense guilt that nearly all of us have experienced at one point or another. A postsecret book 2006 the secret lives of men and women. Postsecret on nbc today 41820 posted by frank at 10. Founded by frank warren in 2004, postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of an artistically decorated postcard. A fascinating, addictively compelling look at peoples deepest secrets, told through anonymously submitted postcards. Jan 07, 2018 for the participants, these anonymous postcard confessions are part community art project, and part therapy. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecrets books or museum exhibits.
Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students from across the country. About the author frank warren started postsecret as a community art project where he invited total strangers to anonymously mail in their secrets on a homemade postcard. Frank warren started postsecret as a community art project where he invited total strangers to anonymously mail in their secrets on a homemade postcard. Frank warren, the most trusted stranger in america, offers the fifth book in his new york times bestselling series. I didnt realize i wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as i really am. A lifetime of secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. A fascinating public airing of private thoughtssome dark, others funny, endearing or disturbingwritten on homemade postcards. What happens when strangers read your deepest secrets.
The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. Some of these postcards are funny, shocking, littered with confessions, sexual desires, and more. Frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives the world of postsecret postsecret. Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from people confessing secrets theyve told nobody about. You may have seen some of these postcards in the first postsecret book. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of.
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