What do you wish you could text to your first love? 'The Unsent Project' wants to know
What text would you send your first love, if you had the guts to contact them out of the blue?
California artist Röra Blue wants to know.
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The 19-year-old also wants you to write it out and submit it to her creative venture titled 'The Unsent Project'.
Image: Rora Blue
The Unsent Project is a collection of text messages submitted anonymously by people all over the world.
These submissions are based on a prompt that says, “State your first love's name and type what you would say if you sent them a text message. Also include the color that you think of when you think of your first love”.
"I started the project as a way for people to connect with each other," Blue told Mashable in an email. "I feel like this is a concept that many people can relate to and I wanted to find a way to artistically represent love."
Image: Rora Blue
Image: Rora Blue
Image: Rora Blue
Blue used the original 2,000 submissions she received to create a huge collage in Sacramento, California.
Since that initial art installation, she's received more than 25,000 more texts, which she posts every day on her blog. Blue also has plans for more collages.
Image: Rora Blue
"My dream is to write a book, or a few, about The Unsent Project. I would also love to tour the country with my collection of collages," she said. "Standing next to the unsent collages and reading all of the text messages is truly an experience. My dream is to share that experience with people all across the country or even the world."
Image: Rora Blue
Image: Rora Blue
Image: Rora Blue
The Unsent Project has recently garnered the attention of the press and is being featured all across the Internet. This is great news for Blue, as she has been receiving a steady influx of texts to add to her websites and collages.
More than anything, she is happy to share messages from hearts both broken and whole. She is also interested in creating a dialogue amongst people from all different backgrounds, as love won and love lost is a universal language.
Image: Rora Blue
"I hope this project encourages a movement of open communication between people. I know that there are a lot of people out there who are heartbroken and feel really alone," she told Mashable.
"The Unsent Project has shown me, and many others, that there is always someone else who understands. I hope people will be encouraged to share kindness with those that are hurting and to finally get the courage to send their unsent texts."
