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Mysterious Letters
We intend to write to everyone in the world..
In April 2009, we sent a personal, handwritten letter to each of the 467 households in the small Irish village of Cushendall. We hoped these unsolicited letters would prompt neighbourly discussion, spreading across the town, promoting community curiosity.
In November 2009, we sent another bundle of letters, this time 620, to each home in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, USA.
The art work consists solely of the discussion between the recipients about what on Earth these letters are, who sent them and why, etc.
Lenka Clayton & Michael Crowe
In April 2009, we sent a personal, handwritten letter to each of the 467 households in the small Irish village of Cushendall. We hoped these unsolicited letters would prompt neighbourly discussion, spreading across the town, promoting community curiosity.
In November 2009, we sent another bundle of letters, this time 620, to each home in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, USA.
The art work consists solely of the discussion between the recipients about what on Earth these letters are, who sent them and why, etc.
Lenka Clayton & Michael Crowe
woow! brilliant ;)
ReplyDeletethis is absolutely beautiful in a way that can not even be expressed...beautiful and inspiring...i want to do this....
ReplyDeleteEven though you wrote the letters to a specific group of people, when I heard about what you were doing, it somehow felt as though I too were associated with your words and sentiments – as though I too had sent the letters and that I too had received them.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog !!! what a great concept :))
ReplyDeletei'll be back to visit you for sure :))
a bientot !
Boubou xx
so great... i cannot believe you did this. keep me posted: thesweetbird.blogspot.com
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kate
Wow, this is great.
ReplyDeleteI want a letter :(
i never have letters.
Never, in all my life.
well, i supose that nobody wants my friendship, or nobody have something to say! I hope...
this is amazing!
ReplyDeletei wish i get a letter too... :)
ReplyDeleteamazing
I wanna do it too!! So inspiring!
ReplyDeletewhat a delightful joy to the world! thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh, the sweet pleasures of writing and receiving letters . . .
ReplyDeleteYou've outdone Jane Austen ("she receives letters because she writes letters" in Pride and Prejudice)!
Where are you now? If you posted your mail address I'd send you a letter . . .
SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am posting about it on my blog.xx
A lovely idea to connect with people but sad that some found it frightening. Simple human contact frightens some people today.
ReplyDeleteKeep going and change the world with kindness!
This is amazing... Love the idea
ReplyDeleteYou could start a letter-bombardment, love-sending movement
Just brilliant
Where to next?
Come to Australia
Keep on writing and sending love to the world!!
ReplyDelete(this goes to the linklist on my blog)
This is such a beautiful idea!
ReplyDeleteI love letters & write a lot of them. I receive some too ;)
The internet is great but... 4 post offices closed near me in the last year...
People: don't forget to write letters!
I love this. I did this same kind of thing in the late 90s with world leaders, Fortune 500 CEOs and etc. I talk about it in the intro to my book, Letters to J. D. Salinger. See www.jdsalinger.com. Not trying to make a shameless plug, but this really is relevant. :)
ReplyDeleteReading this made my day! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you. I feel like you were writing to me as well.
ReplyDeletevery inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI personally really love this idea.
ReplyDeleteAnd I wonder why there seems to be no comments here from anybody in Cushendall?
This is incredible!! It must have taken you guys forever to complete all of those letters!!!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE a letter...:(
I wish more of the population would join in...Everyone could be sending out random letters of kindness with no-strings-attached & maybe actually receive one back!!!
We need more people like you in the world, thanks for brightening my day in hopes that I may get a letter (emails DO NOT count~so impersonal) one day...
~will be following~
Love what you're doing! Thanks for sharing it with us :-)
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