Over 10 years, more than a million people have mailed me their deepest secrets on postcards i gave a ted talk. Cnet s daniel terdiman was on hand to witness the work thousands. See the complete postsecret series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. An addictive collection of new fullcolor postcard secrets and app secrets from the author of the smash bestselling postsecret bookswith more secrets than any previous postsecret book. Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from people confessing secrets theyve told nobody about. A postsecret book by frank warren 2006, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. On saturdays, frank warren organizes and posts the secrets for his famous blog. The new postsecret book confessions on life, death, and god. See postsecret videos, discover new postsecret links, preorder the new postsecret book. 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 we all share about lifes most profound questions. Warrens fifth book presents a neverbeforeseen collection of the most personal postsecrets hes ever receivedthose dealing with life, death, and issues of faith and belief. I think this new book takes the emotional aspects all kinds. 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.
A decade ago, frank warren began a community art project that captured the popular imagination and became a. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives postsecret, my secret. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, a lifetime of secrets. A decade ago, frank warren began a community art project that captured the popular imagination and became a worldwide obsession. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project by purchasing postsecret books, attending postsecret events or mailing in secrets. Confessions on life, death, and god reaching number one. Oct 01, 2009 the followup book to the huge cult hit, postsecret, focusing on the secrets of teens and students. Join at the top of this page so you can get postsecret event updates and more. For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant.
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. Fireman creative launched a website to announce frank warrens new postsecret book. Frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project, which he started in november 2004, and has now attracted over 100 million viewers. Now this is not your typical coffee table book for lack of a better description. See photos, profile pictures and albums from postsecret. There is a postsecret album, a postsecret ted talk and a postsecret play on tour. Postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. Book now one of the biggest, brightest and most influential people on the internet. Over 2 million secrets were shared over the next few months, but malicious. A compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the postsecret website the project that captured a nations imagination synopsis. 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.
It didnt take long to finish but it was a very amusing, insightful, at times deep, dark and depressing as well. More postsecrets revealed, in book form in november 2004, frank warren invited strangers to write their secrets on postcards and mail them to his maryland home. You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Readers submitted images and stories for inclusion in the book. The new postsecret book confessions on life, death, and. The world of postsecret by frank warren, hardcover barnes. For a while i had known about the postsecret project before i decided to pick up my copy of the book. I had the chance to experience the new postsecret book last week while on the train with my girlfriend. All of the postcards in this set were considered for the new book. One night at a large university, the confessions included tears from a woman who was not there, a poignant message from a dead loved one, and a student who described an early sexual misadventure. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank. A new zealander recently wrote the following about what they had learned from the postsecret project, the things that make us feel so abnormal are actually the things that make us all the same.
The new site was developed as a place for postsecret readers to share their personal stories about how the postsecret project has touched them. I saw it in the postsecret app and heard it as a volunteer on hopeline. 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 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. 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. The world of postsecret includes more secrets than ever before.
You probably also read his weekly post where he shares some of the thousands of secrets he receives via postcards from all over the world. But i think i like the smaller book better because it gives more focus to each secret. Ten years ago, warren launched a community art project whose goal was to collect 365 postcards bearing anonymous senders. The book lays bare the confessions of people at every stage of life, from every major faith or from no faith. Become a fan now and thanks for spreading the word about. To date, i have received over 1,000,000 revealing the humor and humanity. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecret s books or museum exhibits. I liked it even better than the first one, which i also loved. Confessions on life, death, and god by frank warren.
There are six postsecret books, and a new postsecret album there are 2 kinds of secrets. An addictive collection of new fullcolor postcard secrets and app secrets from the author of the smash bestselling postsecret books with more secrets than any previous postsecret book. Stretched over a full lifespan, the secrets expose the meaningful ways. A postsecret book by frank warren 2007, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. There is a postsecret album, a postsecret ted talk. Ten years ago, warren launched a community art project whose goal was to.
Preorder and check back here for more videos, new content from the book, and more. Postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people from around the world mail me their secr. The new postsecret book confessions on life, death, and god october 8th 2009, 08. My secret frank warren hardcover harpercollins publishers. The world of postsecret is the sixth book from frank warren. A postsecret book by frank warren 2006, hardcover at the best online prices at. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecrets books or museum exhibits. Some would have been included if the book had been extra long. Its an idea i see in some of the private emails people send me, like these two. New york times bestsellerthe awardwinning postsecret proj. Frank warren, the most trusted stranger in america, offers the fifth book in his new york times bestselling. The new book contains some startling combinations of feeling, story, and image. For more secrets and behind the scenes stories, follow postsecret on twitter. The postsecret book series by frank warren includes books postsecret.
Its been ten years and one million postcards since warren started an experimental project. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. Oct 21, 2014 the world of postsecret frank warren if you pick up the world of postsecret by frank warren, its probably because youre already aware of the postsecret project that he runs. I wrote my secret about my eating disorder on a postcard and mailed it to you but you never posted it up on the website or put it in any postsecret books. At that moment, most everyone there turned back to see tina and the shirt she was. Postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people from around the world mail me their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. I knew it had been a few years since i had seen a postsecret book, and then in the introduction to the world of postsecret, frank warren said it had been five years since the last one. This is the most recent peek into the postsecret archive.
Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, warren again delves into our. New york timesbestseller founder frank warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling postsecret series. Postsecret series by frank warren goodreads share book. As the postsecret project continues to grow, the folks who send in postcards seem to only further explore the possibilities of the form. Frank has traveled the world sharing secrets and stories from australia to the white house.
A postsecret book by frank warren 9oct2008 hardcover. 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 we all. It was the perfect way to spend the time and we both loved reading, sharing, laughing, and enjoying all of the secrets. Oct 09, 2007 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. 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. Frank warren is a keynote speaker with a dynamic presentation tailored for colleges, performing arts centers, technology events and business conferences.
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