An artist in Maryland started a project that he calls “Post Secret” in which he invites anyone to mail in a 4″x6″ postcard with an anonymous private secret. He scans in the secrets and posts them online.
I started reading some and I couldn’t stop. Some are frightening, some depressing, some adorable, others beautiful. What is it about secrets that we find so fascinating, even when they are no longer secrets?
It’s that break from norms. They let our minds wander about lives and situations unlike our own. On the surface, we’re too much the same. It’s in the secrets that we’re different…
Maybe that’s too bad.
Or maybe the secrets help us feel more normal.
joel
