give a little 'something'

Look at us go! Typing away, sharing our thoughts on facebook profiles, twittering like a pet shop, singing songs about all sorts of stuff, wearing text-ridden t-shirts and stomp around the house yelling out frustrations (or maybe that one is just me). 

Amidst all of this, it's not often you tell a stranger something deep - the kind of something that hides just behind your ribs, protected and shy of the world. 

When someone else takes a leap and actually bares a bit of their most vulnerable 'somethings', the secret hopes and untouched dreams, it makes me feel stronger. Like my 'something' that stays scared and locked away might just be safe enough to come out. 

Just maybe.

A project by public installation artist, designer and urban planner, Candy Chang, saw the wall of a dilapidated house in New Orleans transformed into a literal sounding-board for members of the public to complete a simple sentence: Before I die I want to...

own a monkey! now that is a good goal! click [here] for more

Don't you just love this project? The way it encourages us to give a little 'something' of ourselves.

Who needs a the internet? All you need is a wall and my house has four of them (well actually its an apartment and the landlord might get annoyed if we started writing all over it...but you know what I mean.)

How would you finish that sentence?

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