The idea is that anyone can send in any secret on their own postcard, anonymously. Then, the world can see it. St. Olaf had a similar thing earlier this year with all of the secrets on the walls of the Boe Tunnel. Though I've never sent one in, I can imagine the experience being very freeing. Some of them are sad, some are thoughtful, some of them are cheerful, and some of them are just plain weird. I think the most meaningful thing about PostSecret is reading others secrets, and realizing that other people might be suffering and feeling the same things you are. That you are not alone.
I can barely explain how much this means to me, and this freedom is very rooted in the American Dream. It's the ultimate form of freedom of speech - the whole country will sympathize and share your feelings, even if they're anonymous.
The All American Rejects used PostSecret in their music video for "Dirty Little Secret" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPDcwjJ8pLg&ob=av3e) It shows a good variety.
That said, here are a few of my favorite secrets that I've collected over the past year or so. Click on them to make them bigger.
Current Word Count : 12,853. Think I'm shooting for 100,000 this year.
These are like tiny pages in a common place book! LDL
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