You know, this kind of thing makes me think of my photographic interest in instances of what I think of as encouraged graffiti. People who anonymously leave message in public places for other people to read is something I'm fascinated by. Two examples that I have photographs of and need to post some day are the Wishing Tree in Washington D.C., and a set of statues of Santa in the Heidelberg Project in Detroit. I particularly want to share the ones on the Santas. People have written everything from "Santa, please smoke a blunt with me" to "Santa, please make my daddy stop drinking".
When I see collections of messages like that, I think a lot about what was in the mind of the person who wrote it, and how its perceived by later viewers. I feel like messages in a bottle are a little bit like that, though they're kind of a unicast rather than a broadcast. Until until someone like Mr. Buffington comes along and publicizes them!
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You know, this kind of thing makes me think of my photographic interest in instances of what I think of as encouraged graffiti. People who anonymously leave message in public places for other people to read is something I'm fascinated by. Two examples that I have photographs of and need to post some day are the Wishing Tree in Washington D.C., and a set of statues of Santa in the Heidelberg Project in Detroit. I particularly want to share the ones on the Santas. People have written everything from "Santa, please smoke a blunt with me" to "Santa, please make my daddy stop drinking".
When I see collections of messages like that, I think a lot about what was in the mind of the person who wrote it, and how its perceived by later viewers. I feel like messages in a bottle are a little bit like that, though they're kind of a unicast rather than a broadcast. Until until someone like Mr. Buffington comes along and publicizes them!