Sometimes we don’t dare to say what’s on our mind, because we are too scared of the confession we want to make. Maybe in this moment the truth is just too big, the white page too scary, or we don’t want to hurt another person, so we stay quiet. Tara Deacon and I began this small collaborative hand lettering project to create a space to say the things that need to be said, even if it hurts.

One night at a friend’s dinner lots of thoughts and confessions started to buzz around the room, and with the help of a bottle of red wine we started to write them all down. Because our friends loved the idea so much we decided to create a small zine and an instagram account to make it an analog and multi-digital project. However the process of writing down the confessions in hand lettering is a true moment of significance in this project.

This is a collaborative project between myself and South African and Berlin based illustrator Tara Deacon.