While walking with a friend, I stopped to open a crumpled piece of paper lying on the ground. When he looked at me puzzled I said: You never know what interesting messages you’ll find if you look. I come across amazing things all the time hidden in plain sight…
The next day he sent a photo of the inspiring message he’d SEEN while waiting for a bus, just by shifting his focus a bit.
He turned it over to discover that the leaving of it might now have been that random (though the finding was).
I found this snippet political/social commentary on a subway seat: If Hillary makes it Bill would be FGOTUS.
Some messages are quite mysterious. Jazzy unfolded to…
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What was a broken Barry White record doing in a field in the nearby park? We better get it together.
One of my favorites was a crayon drawing found on a park walkway, not far from the pool, with the message: We can. Just keep swimming. Almost there.
The next day, Josh sent me another message he spotted. Utterly sweet.
These messages are a little different from graffiti; they are meant for private consumption…evidence of love, determination, dreams, imagination…
…reminders to take a closer look at the messages that cross our paths.
I’ve got to start doing this!!! What do you do with them after you’ve read them?
Mostly I just leave them for others to find…(sometimes displayed more prominently) Occasionally I bring one home for a while.
I love that swimming pool so much.
I hope that kid goes great places. Fingers crossed.
If I had seen that first, it would be in my blog for sure!
http://www.handlernyc.com/interestingfoundobjects/2013/01/street-talk-2/
Yeah, just imagine the kid that draw that! You, er, could….repost it if you like.
I love that you leave them – or position them better. That’s what I will do too but I think I will also take a screenshot of those that really tickle my fancy and maybe keep them in a folder. Funny, even as I said “keep” them I’m struck by how much I prefer the idea of them waiting to be seen by someone else… or maybe the person didn’t mean to drop it and would actually come back looking for it.