With Wifi infecting the globe and everyone toting around some kind of pocket PC or iphone these days, you wonder why postcards even exist anymore. This little gem of a site found a great reason to keep this tidy yet fun form of communication around. An art project/voyeur community of sorts, 'postsecret' is a collection of postcards sent in from strangers who divulge a secret on them.
http://postsecret.blogspot.com
The project delivers three things: (1) a study in how very differently and creatively each of us, as humans, choose to express ourselves visually and (2) the idea that very few words can deliver a powerful message - sometimes an entire life story and (3) how oddly, we're all very much the same. Despite how different our secrets are, they are at the same time very similar.
So next time you pass a Spencer's in the mall or a cheesey gift shop on a trip, remember, there is a perfectly good use for the beefcake guy in a speedo on the beach telling you "the weather's here. Wish you were great!"
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