This is what the letter said:
Dear Person who receives this balloon,
We are sending out 10 copies of this letter for a civics class. We’re not sure how to portray our cherished beliefs in this letter, however that is our task and we strive to fulfill it the best we can.
We believe in personal freedom, however also security. We want a world that is peaceful and poverty free. Every 3 seconds, a person dies from hunger and we wish to chance this. However, as students, we’re not sure how. We believe in ourselves and our families and personal independence. We believe in the rights of ourselves and others and feel that as Americans we should strive to help those less fortunate around us.
If you receive this letter, feel free to respond at szeiser@pop.ncarts.edu. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback.
Also, we believe it is wrong that we are sending our balloons into the environment, so if the balloon is still on the ground, please pick it up. We don’t want to kill any sea turtles.
(Thanks to Mac for letting off balloons with us)
2 comments:
OMGGG this is AMAZING! haha, I really enjoyed reading this! What a clever idea. I want to know if someone ever ends up responding to the balloon letter...! That is such an interesting experiment and I really hope you end up receiving a response. Oh, and that was nice of you guys to think about the sea turtles too :-)Awesome project! Carie Ewen
This is a freakin brilliant idea, I agree with everything Carie said. It will be interesting to see if anyone responds. Are people too absorbed in their lives or uncaring to see a letter and balloon debris and not pick it up? Or will they pick it up and not respond because they're apathetic, or maybe they don't trust people and think that there may be anthrax inside. Or maybe people may find it because they wanted to pick up litter, and respond because they believe in social capitalism, whether they know what that is or not. Lila
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