There is a website that I check every single Sunday morning. It is Postsecret.com. PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. It started out as a small community art project in NY and has since grown to be a country wide phenomenon. the founder, Frank Waren, gives lectures and has galleries everywhere. he has also come out with a few books, filled with peoples secrets. I own 2 of them myself and love to read them. I really feel connected with the people who send in their secrets, even though I have never met them. The secrets range from sweet, to funny, to sad, and sexual. It covers all range of human nature and I think that is why I love it. I have sent in many a secret myself. I have never seen any of mine again posted on the website or in a book, but it is therapeutic to know that at least someone, (Frank,) knows my secret. I have every intention on starting a project like this in the school that I will end up at. I think it builds community and helps people. I guess that is my teaching idea. I am going to do this with my students.
Here are some links if you want to read more:
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204279126
http://www.postsecretcommunity.com/
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