Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The world of postsecret by frank warren, hardcover. 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. A postsecret book by frank warren in epub, fb2, fb3 download ebook. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. 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. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank. 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. Confessions on life, death, and god by frank warren. New york times bestsellerthe project that captured a nations imagi. Today, there are six bestselling postsecret books, multiple museum exhibitions, and frank warrens immersive multimedia postsecret live. For more secrets and behind the scenes stories, follow postsecret on twitter.
I feel like it allows the reader to focus in on each individual secret. He then displayed selected cardsthe authors are anonymouson his website. New york times bestseller founder frank warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling postsecret series. Find the complete postsecret book series by frank warren. Some would have been included if the book had been extra long. All of the postcards in this set were considered for the new book. The range of efforts meticulous, sloppy, artful, ponderous will astound you. Best described in warrens own words, this book was inspired by a collection of more than three hundred postcards that were part of an exhibition at the american visionary museum called all faiths beautiful.
And written on each postcard is a strangers secret a confession of sorts, sent to warren anonymously. 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. The postsecret phenomenon began when frank warren invited strangers to anonymously mail him a secret on a postcard. Originally posted may th, 2012 posted by frank at 12. To coincide with the release of warrens fifth book by the same title, postsecret. He requested that the secrets submitted be truthful and not something that the person has ever told anyone. Create your 4by6inch postcards out of any mailable material.
Originally meaning to collect the postcards for a community art project, the author left blank postcards in public places, asking people to reveal a secret creatively on a postcard and mail it back to him. Postsecret extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives. Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. Warren explains that these graphic haikus, beautiful, elegant, small in structure but powerfully emotional are. A fascinating, addictively compelling look at peoples deepest secrets, told through. You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Up to 20 books are listed, in descending order of popularity. It is unusual book made from copies of postcards that were send to book creator. This year, i overcame my fear of sleeping with the closet open. Shockingly, over a million people from around the world did. 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. 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.
For the secret lives of men and women, warren has selected a neverbeforeseen collection of postcards bearing the explosive confessions and captivating revelations of men and women everywhere. Confessions on life, death, and god is the fifth book in the postsecret series. Postsecret extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives book. They range from funnywhen im mad at my husbandi put boogers in. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecrets books or museum exhibits. There is a postsecret album, a postsecret ted talk and a postsecret play on tour.
Frank warren, the most trusted stranger in america, offers the fifth book in his new york times bestselling series. Frank warren started postsecret as a community art project where he invited total strangers to anonymously mail in their secrets on a homemade postcard. I read select postcard secrets out loud to a group of friends. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. Although you would not have seen the secret with the elephants. He then displayed selected cards, the authors are anonymous on his website. The postcards have been curated for five new york times bestselling books and have been exhibited at the museum of modern art and the american visionary art museum. Confessions on life, death and god brings together secrets exclusively on. Postsecret the book is an outgrowth of the website of the same title. Postsecret book johnson county library bibliocommons. Anonymous people mail in postcards that share a secret. Postsecret series goodreads meet your next favorite book.
A compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the postsecret website the project that captured a nations imagination the instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. The new postsecret book confessions on life, death, and. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives postsecret, my secret. 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. This may be the most addictive book ive ever picked up. A compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the postsecret website the project that captured a nations imagination. Each postcard consists of the deep secret that sender keeps hidden. Oct 01, 2009 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. But i think i like the smaller book better because it gives more focus to each secret. Confessions on life, death and god brings together secrets exclusively on the subject of faith. You may have seen some of these postcards in the first postsecret book. 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. Stretched over a full lifespan, the secrets expose the meaningful ways.
Some of the material is odd, but you can imagine a person telling her closest friend, like the card showing womens feet with the admission, i show pictures of my feet to a man online so hell buy me stuff. Raw and revealing, these secrets express the hopes, fears and wildest confessions of young people everywhere. 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. Confessions on life, death, and god born 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. It seems to me however, that the secrets selected to be included in the book were primarily written by people in their 20s and younger. Having a secret can often make a person feel very alone. This book is the first post secret book that i have bought. Postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from people confessing secrets theyve told nobody about. 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. 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. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of. Oct 06, 2009 confessions on life, death, and god is the fifth book in the postsecret series. You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to postsecret and the new postsecret book, postsecret confessions on life, death and god.
And i think thats what makes postsecret and this book in particular so powerful. Reveal anything as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before. 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. 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. The world of postsecret by frank warren, hardcover barnes.
Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives hardcover november 29, 2005. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank warren. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, frank warren shares the secrets of people all over the world, secrets never told anyone, secrets now laid bare for all to read. Mar 12, 2020 frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project. Frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project. When i discovered he had compiled some of the postsecret postcards into a book, i wanted to obtain a hard copy of some of the secrets.
The new postsecret book confessions on life, death, and god october 8th 2009, 08. 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. For the book warren has personally selected about 300 postcards that powerfully reflect the unique essence of this remarkable project. 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. 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. Frank has traveled the world sharing secrets and stories from australia to the white house. The world of postsecret is the sixth book from frank warren. Recently frank put together a great video about the project. A postsecret book by frank warren 9oct2008 hardcover jan 1.
When people i love leave voicemails on my phone, i always save. I have been following the postsecret website for about 2 years. Frank warren left 3000 postcards in library books, coffee houses, and other. 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. This international phenomenon has spawned five new york times bestselling books, a successful traveling exhibition and a public speaking tour. Nov 29, 2005 for the book warren has personally selected about 300 postcards that powerfully reflect the unique essence of this remarkable project. A fascinating public airing of private thoughtssome dark, others funny, endearing or disturbingwritten on homemade postcards. A postsecret book, the secret lives of men and women. Warren started postsecret as an art installation in 2004, handing out selfaddressed postcards inviting people to share their secrets with him anonymously. Since 2004, hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors with something to get off their chest have sent postcards to the website postsecret. A decade ago, frank warren began a community art project that captured the popular imagination and became a worldwide obsession.
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