All posts in: Frank Warren

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27 Jan 2011

2011 Post Secret Tour

Around this time last year, I had the opportunity of meeting Frank Warren – the founder and creator of Post Secret – at my school during his speaking tour. It was an incredibly moving event that I think had an impact on just about everyone that attended. Frank is back on the road again though so if he’s coming to a college near you, I definitely recommend that you come out for it. It is amazing to see how far this project has gone and I am just in awe over Frank Warren’s work. I feel a little odd saying that because his work is actually the work and design of others.

For all of the dates, visit the Post Secret website.

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15 Jan 2010

“Free Your Secrets and Become Who You Are”

Frank Warren said that he has been deemed the most trustworthy person in the world. He is also the best listener.

It was such a treat to host Frank Warren at our school last night. He is kind and wise. Most importantly, he is a truly inspirational human being. For those of you who don’t know, Frank Warren created his project Post Secret in 2005. He invited people from all over the world to send him their secrets on a post card anonymously. In just five years, he has received over 500,000 postcards. Every Sunday, anxious fans click on the Post Secret blog first thing in the morning for the new batch of released secrets. With these creations, he has been able to compile five books. Five years under Frank’s belt, the project has proved to be a success.

Seattle University was the first school on his Spring 2010 event tour. For many people tonight, it was their first time ever having the opportunity to hear him speak, myself included. I’ve been reading Post Secret since I was fifteen and I can still recall my memories and experiences with this project. They range from the time I  invited the students of my high school to send in their own Post Secrets for our school newspaper to the time I sat in Barnes & Noble at U Village reading through one of Frank’s books when two little pieces of paper fell out – a secret on each of them from the time I sat in Borders on Black Friday three years ago tossing my own secrets into the books.

Tonight’s speech was truly extraordinary. I had heard a lot about his tour before, but tonight was much different than I expected. It was powerful and strong and unique. I imagine that each location he goes to is very different from the next. We were a quiet group, relaxed, but eager to make sure we heard every single word that came out of Frank. Thank you Student Activities for such a great event, and thank you to the audience for sharing with us your stories. Your strength and courage are extremely admirable. I think everyone walked out of the ballroom tonight with a very comforting feeling and an experience that we are able to share with each other.

Hands down…best part of the night was when Max and I got to meet him and have him sign our books and take pictures. I managed to ask one of my questions…

People rely on Frank for so much. Every Sunday, secrets better be up or something has gone wrong we assume. However, the project is so successful right now, there is no way he can stop. Here’s how the conversation kind of went…

Me: Do you think Post Secret will ever end?

Frank: Well, I’ve been doing it for five years and I enjoy it. As of right now I don’t think anytime soon…

Max: Would you maybe pass the reigns onto your son? You have a son right?

Me: Daughter.

Frank: I have a daughter. I don’t know, would maybe you guys want to take over and be the secret keepers?

Me: YES!

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Somehow Max also managed to plug my blog. The whole time talking to Frank, all I wanted to do was ask him for an interview for Yow Yow!

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30 Dec 2009

A Collection Part 10

Image heavy. But absolutely necessary. It’s the last “A Collection Part…” post of the year! If you haven’t learned by now why these are some of my favorite posts to make, then you haven’t been paying attention.

If you were to put all of these pictures into a book and read them as a story without words, what would it tell you? I feel like every collection reflects some sort of a pattern from start to finish.  This is what I feel or am drawn to right. now. The truth is, I go through hundreds of pictures. Hundreds. And I choose the ones that stand out to me at THAT moment. It’s this moment right here. If I were to go over the picture above maybe tomorrow, I might overlook it. I used to say that my blog was an outlet for me to sometimes express the way I’m feeling about something that I couldn’t directly say in person. Sometimes I use these collections to do the exact same thing.

What have you learned about me so far?

The answer lies beneath the cut.

Read more “A Collection Part 10”

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21 Sep 2009

Post Secret

Me too…

And I have also left secrets for other people in Post Secret books.

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03 May 2009

I got an envelope

“Here’s how it works:
You put an envelope with a stamp and your address in a place where others will discover it. On the back of the envelope, write a note to the one who found it asking them to place a personal object inside and mail it to you (the exact phrasing is on their site). Then, when you receive the envelope in the mail, take photos of the mysterious objects inside and post them on the Igotanenvelope site.”

Is anyone gonna try it? I think I will. I think it would be more exciting for me to be on the sending end but leaving it around Seattle might be fun too… or a bad idea so maybe I’ll just stick to campus. It’s like Post Secret but YOU get to be Frank Warren.. kind of.

I Got An Envelope

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