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Since Frank Warren created the site on January 1, 2005, PostSecret has collected and displayed upwards of 2,500 original pieces of art from people across the United States and some parts of the world (international readers have also been known to send in postcards). The idea of the project is simple: completely anonymous people decorate a postcard and portray a secret that they have never before revealed. There is no restriction on what the content of the secret must be, only that it must be completely truthful and must never have been spoken before. Entries range from admissions of sexual misconduct and criminal activity to confessions of secret desires, embarrassing habits, hopes and dreams. The site is consistently the blog with the most views, and is considered by some to be the number one blog.
The site, which started as an experimental Blogspot and is updated every Sunday with 20-40 new pieces, has a relatively constant style, giving all 'artists' that participate some guidelines on how their secrets should be represented.
The site, which started as an experimental Blogspot and is updated every Sunday with 20-40 new pieces, has a relatively constant style, giving all 'artists' that participate some guidelines on how their secrets should be represented.
In 2005, Frank warren handed out fliers at local art shows, which invited people to anonymously share their secrets, using post cards.
The instructions on the fliers read as followed:
You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a regret, hope, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, feeling, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.
Create your own 4-by-6-inch postcards out of any mailable material. But please only put one secret on a card. If you want to share two or more secrets, use multiple postcards. (Please do not e-mail your secret.)
Please put your complete secret and image on one side of the postcard.
Tips:
* Be brief - the fewer words used the better.
* Be legible - use big, clear and bold lettering.
* Be creative - let the postcard be your canvas.
The instructions on the fliers read as followed:
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You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a regret, hope, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, feeling, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.
Create your own 4-by-6-inch postcards out of any mailable material. But please only put one secret on a card. If you want to share two or more secrets, use multiple postcards. (Please do not e-mail your secret.)
Please put your complete secret and image on one side of the postcard.
Tips:
* Be brief - the fewer words used the better.
* Be legible - use big, clear and bold lettering.
* Be creative - let the postcard be your canvas.
Warren originally showed off the post cards on his blog spot. But he published his first book, simply titled Post Secret was released on December 1 of 2005.
His second book, titled My Secret, was realeased on October 24, 2006.
And a third book, titled The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book was released January 9, 2007.
