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January 4, 2008
Letters from the Dead
We admit the thought is a wee bit morbid, but how many of you have ever imagined your own funeral? What do you wish you could still say -- out of love, out of anger, out of joy, out of regret.
The Dead Letter Office is a holding space for these hypothetical sentiments. Based on the premise that "You are now dead. You just died. You don't know how it happened, you don't know what happens now. The only thing you know for certain is that your life is over," the project offers you a chance to compose a letter to the open world. Be as brief or wordy as you want.
Letters are kept in an online database of Dead Letters from other people (anonymous) written to others. You can read other random Dead Letters or explore the database for the saddest, funniest, most touching, angriest, and most insightful letters.
The project suggests, not to foreshadow, to print your letter out, "fold it up and keep it in your wallet, never telling anyone your Dead Letter exists—until the day you die."
Find out more by visiting The Dead Letter Office, and add your letter to the database.
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