Found Magazine
“Found notes and letters open up the entire range of human experience; they offer a shortcut directly into people’s minds and hearts. We often feel most alive when we’re glimpsing someone at their most honest and raw. I think that’s because when we read thse notes, there’s a powerful moment of recognition; we see another person - maybe someone very different from us - experiencing the same thoughts and feelings and emotions that we’ve experienced. It’s startling and it’s magical. Suddenly, we feel connected to this person we’ve never met before and probably never will, and in turn, to all people. The idea that we all share the same universal emotions and experiences - that we’re all connected - strikes me as profoundly beautiful.”
-Davy Rothbart, Found magazine
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[...] A few months ago I blogged about Found Magazine. I am still fascinated with “found literature” and “found art” we can discover right under our noses in our everyday lives. In college, I had a professor of Romantic Poetry, not coincidentally, named Dr. Reed (believe me, we did some close reading of texts in his class) who encouraged us to look closely for poems all around us that the universe presented. One example I will never forget is a little yellow sign out in front of the post office - as you cross Franklin Street - that reads, “Walk with light.” How’s that for a found poem?! [...]
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