project mysterious letters...
Whilst surfing DesignSponge during lunch time, i came across this particular website which i personally think is rather interesting.
Project Mysterious Letters
So these 2 ppl called Lenka and Michael started their little "art piece" by writing to every single person living in this lil town in Ireland...and they have the intention to write to everybody in the world! and thing is...all these ppl they're writing to, they probably know nuts about them. contents of the letters / postcards? random stuff that i find quite funny actually. click on the link to read some of them =) some of those who got the letters were skeptical about their purpose...i just think they read too much into it. it's a friendly gesture...just accept it and move on!
well, seeing this...it reminded me about how i used to write random notes to my friends during sec sch days. 'cept i wrote to ppl i knew and they're writing to ppl whose names they don't even know. so what happened to hand-written letters? with technology...have we forgotten how sincerity can be shown through simple writing? i'm not saying that sending emails equate lack of sincerity but i'm sure if you received a handwritten letter or card or whatever...the first thought would be "wah piang...got so much to write meh" or "wah seh...so much time to use hand and write". how many of us will think along the lines of "oh my, handwritten! he/she bothers to make that extra effort for me. must cherish."? i know i'm guilty of taking such things for granted, which probably explains why my friends have stopped writing to me =P
maybe it's not their intention to remind us how easy it is to spread love and warmth through writing but when i first saw this project, i wondered what had stopped me from writing. rather than finding this project ridiculous, like how some ppl do, i can't wait to receive my letter from them! *waves* Hi Lenka and Michael, if you do chance upon this while googling for your names, would you please write me a postcard? Hee! oh well, anyway, share your thoughts =)
Project Mysterious Letters
So these 2 ppl called Lenka and Michael started their little "art piece" by writing to every single person living in this lil town in Ireland...and they have the intention to write to everybody in the world! and thing is...all these ppl they're writing to, they probably know nuts about them. contents of the letters / postcards? random stuff that i find quite funny actually. click on the link to read some of them =) some of those who got the letters were skeptical about their purpose...i just think they read too much into it. it's a friendly gesture...just accept it and move on!
well, seeing this...it reminded me about how i used to write random notes to my friends during sec sch days. 'cept i wrote to ppl i knew and they're writing to ppl whose names they don't even know. so what happened to hand-written letters? with technology...have we forgotten how sincerity can be shown through simple writing? i'm not saying that sending emails equate lack of sincerity but i'm sure if you received a handwritten letter or card or whatever...the first thought would be "wah piang...got so much to write meh" or "wah seh...so much time to use hand and write". how many of us will think along the lines of "oh my, handwritten! he/she bothers to make that extra effort for me. must cherish."? i know i'm guilty of taking such things for granted, which probably explains why my friends have stopped writing to me =P
maybe it's not their intention to remind us how easy it is to spread love and warmth through writing but when i first saw this project, i wondered what had stopped me from writing. rather than finding this project ridiculous, like how some ppl do, i can't wait to receive my letter from them! *waves* Hi Lenka and Michael, if you do chance upon this while googling for your names, would you please write me a postcard? Hee! oh well, anyway, share your thoughts =)