Sunday, June 12, 2005

PostSecret

Here is something a little different. Here is the site that invites all to send in a postcard with a secret on it. Cards are posted here: PostSecret: "Mail In Your Secrets Today".

It's a little hard not to be cynical and think these are fabrications, but the little pulls at truth and sadness, or utter, though anonymous confession, makes you know that even if it isn't true in this case, there are those out there with similar stories yet unrevealed.

I don't feel qualified to get all philosophical about this, but it starts cutting at the premise I always had that, though I have never been in the "In Crowd", perhaps NOBODY really has been, and everybody is on the outside looking in, at least in one way or the other. My bet is that pretty much everybody has a secret or two that should go on one of these clever or poignant post cards.

Example of one I like: