
After scanning the recent posts on Postsecret, this one stood out at me the most because of its emotional profundity. A lot of people may think that they are the only ones who harbor a certain secret, and see themselves as inferior to others because of their deed. It doesn't matter what the act is itself--that is made clear by this postcard. What does matter is to know that others, even random people on a bus, may carry around your same guilt, your same negative emotions so no one should ever feel like they are a 'bad' person or that they are all alone in the world. Like a piece of poetry, these posts are able to concisely and often figuratively have a strong emotional impact on the reader. Most of them have very appropriate artwork, which adds to the overall meaning of the secret. And like a poem, these can be either humorous, or very serious and emotional like this one. The ambiguity in this example shows that, like many poems, these cards can have different meanings for a wide variety of people. I think that a website like this is a very good way to divulge and expel one's inner guilt, while providing others with hope for the future.
One of my favorite parts while reading these post was seeing the creative way in which the person further expressed their secret visually. Words are one thing, but communicating the message visibly seemed to sometimes help create a whole new sense of meaning to the secret. Much like how you mentioned that the "cards can have different meanings for a wide variety of people." I definitely agree. And just like Professor Potvin mentioned- only the writer can ever really know the meaning behind their writing.
ReplyDeleteIt always amazes me how we think that we are the only ones that have certain secrets and when we finally get the courage to share them, whether it's verbally, writing or drawing or some other means, to have some someone say that the same thing has happened to them, makes you feel like you are not so alone and that perhaps feeling like it was your fault is wrong, since you are not the only one out there with this secrete.
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