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WASHINGTON – It’s a seemingly unavoidable symptom of our digital age: Nobody sends letters anymore.
But there’s a project that’s collecting letters and letting you send them.
Kind of.
Since 2001, online performance artist Ze Frank has been working on . It started with Frank collecting pictures of people holding up images showing the first letters of their last names.
Now, with 262 letters, the project has a twist, and it’s all in a special section on Frank’s blog.
But I won’t lie … it’s a little hard to describe.
By typing a message into the project’s text bar, you’ll receive a moving image of your phrase. Each letter constantly spins and goes to a different image of the letter.
If you type “Hello,” the letters “H” and “O” may linger for a moment, while the “L”s and “E” spin out of control. By the time they stop, the “H” and “O” are already flipping through other images. Your phrase on-screen never holds still, unless you take a screen capture.
Sound confusing?
Try it out right .
Another fun feature if you’re bored with typing moving messages to yourself: .
Entering in your phrase (you can include punctuation) will generate a URL so you can send the email along. Though I’ve noticed sometimes that the longer messages get, the more difficult they are to read.
If you’re interested in being a bigger part of the project, send your letter! Just take a photo of yourself with the first letter of your last name, attach it to an email and send it to zefrank@mindspring.com.
Finally, I have a special message for you. .
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