September 25th, 2012

Message in a ...... envelope?!

Ciao a tutti!! 

I hope that you are all having a wonderful Tuesday morning. I know I sure am! I am currently sitting in a cafe drinking my caffe e latte and blogging to you, my faithful followers! (thank you for following, by the way!) 

So I just have to devote this entire blog about something amazing that happened last night! I think you will all enjoy hearing about it! 

Last night as I was walking home from dinner with one of my good friends Jackie, I spotted out of the corner of my eye an envelop just sitting in the window of a closed business. It was mostly shaded by a cast of dark shadow but, of course, curiosity got the best of me and I suggested we walk over to it. What had originally caught my eye and made me curious was that the envelop was addressed: "To you, whoever you are", so naturally, I thought that was invitation enough for me to open it. (plus, it also said "art project" smaller in the top left corner) After opening it up and reading it, I felt like I had just experienced something right out of a movie. It was a really amazing thing to experience and it touched me in a very interesting way -- it's an ineffable feeling. 

Here is what the letter inside reads:

To you, 

whoever you are,

I'm a Finnish artist. For the third time I've left 90 envelopes around Europe for random people to find and to take home with them (around the world). You've now found one. Each envelope contains this letter and one numbered and signed print.

The pigment ink print in this envelop is yours to keep. There is a numbered edition of 90 (hi, it's kat talking here... my print number is 30/90) of these prints and none of them will be sold. You can keep this yourself or give this to someone else as a present. 

I only hope that you could find time to tell me where this print ends up. 

There is also a possibility to write me a message; as long or as short as you like. The possible messages/ "travel stories" of my prints will be published on my blog. Even if you wouldn't like to write anything about the image or any other message for me, I still hope that you'd answer the three questions about the edition number and the whereabouts of the print. 

If you are not interested in this project, instead of throwing this letter into the trash, please leave it for someone else to find. 

Yours sincerely

Paivi Hintsanen

Soooooooo..... naturally, I went onto his blog site and I replied to his questions about where I found his print and how it will be coming home with me to the states! 

Here is the letter I sent to him on his site:

Hello!

I am currently studying abroad in Italy. I am from the United States though and this beautiful print will be coming home with me when I return to the states in December. I think this project is amazing and you should know that it has touched me in a way many things never have. I am currently blogging about my travels and experiences studying abroad in Italy and I've just blogged about finding your letter. I think this project is amazing! Keep up your beautiful art work, and know that somewhere around the world, your project has touched not only me, but I'm sure 89 other people as well. 

***If you all go to this website link, you can see other places where his art work has been found around Europe so far! Including, France, Germany, Italy, and England!!! 

http://randomprints.blogspot.it/ 

Anyways, I hope that you all enjoyed this blog post!! 

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE SOCCER MATCH TONIGHT! I can't wait to blog all about it!!!

It's a beeeeeeeeeeeautiful day here again in Italy!  

Ciao a tutti!!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! And always remember, the smallest acts of kindness can make someones day <3 

l

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