Frank Warren, the world’s confidant
March 8, 2010 11:56 am GeneralIf you haven’t heard of Frank Warren or PostSecret, I suggest you google it right now.
Frank started an art project by sending out blank postcards with instructions on the back.
- Take a postcard, or two
- Tell your secret anonymously
- Stamp and mail it
- Be brief – the fewer words the better
- Be creative – let the postcard be your canvas
- Be legible – use big clear bold lettering
He invited people to confess a secret which has never been revealed. It could be regret, shame, desire, excitement or betrayal.
There were thousands of responses. Frank started a website with these secrets on and the response has grown and grown and grown. He receives hundreds of thousands of postcards a year, and updates them on his website weekly.
There are now 3 books, with previously unpublished secrets in, the newest Confessions on Life, Death and God released last Autumn. Go into Waterstones and have a look, buy one, and open it every now and again, finding a new secret.