Post Secret never fails to move me. I laugh at some postcards. I get highly creeped out by others. Often, I cry.
When I read the first book, I stopped reading to cry at several of the cards. The one that sticks out most in my mind is one of a woman who put out poison to kill some rats and her dog ate it instead - the card was her apologizing to her dog, who she obviously adored. It broke my heart into a thousand pieces and I sat and cried for her...and with her.
My favorite card of all time is actually the first one in the video below. "Everyone who knew me before 9/11 believes I'm dead."
It moves me in so many directions, I can't even explain how it makes me feel. It's beautiful. It's tragic. It's heartbreaking. It's maddening. It's familiar.
I've sent 3 of my own cards to Post Secret - cards that I think of now and make me feel all those things. How tragic of a secret that was...and how beautiful it felt to set it free. Sending those cards was very theraputic for me. You should set one of your secrets free...you won't believe how it feels handing that card over to the world.
Today, Frank posted a video this week and I wanted to share it here. I cried. Of course.
Post Secret updates every Sunday. Bookmark it. Bloglines it. Something. Just make sure to go back next week when there will be more postcards. Breathe each one in. Let them move you.
*ETA : If you're using bloglines, click through to watch the video. It's worth it. :)
OMG! You must have read my mind!
I just came from PostSecret. I was completely moved by that video. Having a video with that wonderful music made the whole experience something different. It affected me differently too. I didn't cry, but I felt all sorts of feelings that I just didn't quite know what to do with myself.
Sooo.. what's yer secret? LOL Kidding!!!
I'm listening to Mr. Fab's radio show and can't play two things at once. I really want to see this, though so remind me if I forget, please!
Do you think that 9/11 card was real? Can you imagine?!!!
Eh.......you "secretly" wanted us to go find yours - and I did find 2 out of 3. The one that says "He doesn't know about the operation - and that my real name is Mort." The other was REALLY easy: "They actually believed me when I said that I don't wear the stinky ball cap anymore."
Posted by Pappy at August 12, 2007 08:31 PM
I do have that on my bloglines account. I agree with you on that 9/11 one. I saw that when it was released and I've never forgotten it. Makes you wonder how many other people did the same thing.
