We want to be known

I remember being pointed to Post Secret a little while ago and then re-found it more recently. Its a service run by a guy called Frank who invites people to post in their deepest secrets anonymously using postcards as a medium of choice. He then scans a selection of them and puts them on the blog linked above.

Many are funny, many are sad, and many are heart breaking. The video above explains in a lovely way what motivates people to take part and send in their secrets to Frank. Ultimately.. we want to be known and we want to know that we aren't alone in facing the problems that life throws at us. What isn't mentioned is that many of the people who take part are desperately lonely. Not necessarily meaning that they have no friends or family, but much of the time that they feel disconnected from those around them and desperately want to change their situation and either learn how to connect to those around them, or find people who provide them with a stability and peace of mind that they're able to function as 'normal' people and accept that life is how it is.

Its a lovely video - have a watch - the up-front bit is quite eloquent about our new media landscape and how it affects our behaviour (within this context) and be sure to check out the blog about once/week.

Also sorry for the lack of blogging recently - work has been crazy busy. I need to have down time at work to be able to spend enough time looking around for good shit on the Internet (bizarre considering my occupation I know).

-tobeconfirmed-