Thursday, August 23, 2007


A friend of mine over at D'caffeinated Pickle blogged a while back about this site and subsequent books called "Post Secrets". The premise behind this site and books are as follows: Some random guy (said author of blog and subsequent books :-) decided that for a project he would invite strangers from any and all walks of life to send him their secrets anonymously. For some reason the vouyeur in me found this extremely interesting. I laughed at the funny secrets, and cried at the sad ones. The art work and creativity were astounding. I showed a few people that I care about, and did not get the same reaction that I had. I was moved. I absolutely loved the humanity, the reality, the vulnerability. Why is it that it feels better to some to unload one's secrets? Is that the reason Catholics have confession, does it do a body good to speak these things out loud? Well, no worries here, my biggest confesion is going to be the mess in my laundry room, or that time I was blogging instead of doing one of the other million things that I should be doing. I found it curious that I loved it so much while others were indifferent. I could have read for hours. Anyhow, if you are looking for an interesting break, I think it is worth checking out, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on why we read them, why some love them, others don't? Why some send them, and if you're really daring... what's yours????

3 comments:

JR's Thumbprints said...

Vulnerability in my line of work means one thing: "You're toast."

the walking man said...

Everyone wants to feel a part of something even if it's a book of secrets. It is a bond and most people need a bond of some kind those that feel no connection to at least a part of humanity are the true psychopaths or suicides.

My secret is I have no secrets that haven't been revealed somewhere mostly in my archived writings but some in a shrinks notebook but that was more for their benefit than mine.

Peace

mark

the walking man said...

I still want that juicy creamy treat and no i am not referring to your friend Steph.

mark