In November 2022, I gave a total of 3 notebooks to 3 people over the course of one month. The first page of each notebook had the following written,
'Anyone can leave a trace. Just pass this notebook to the next person you want to give it to without saying anything.(...) “On November 23, 2022, the person holding this notebook, please contact me at 010-xxxx...'
Over the course of about a month, I received a total of 38 pages of traces, including the 7 pages I had recorded.
Among them, I came across someone’s entry about “unrequited love.”:
Hi. I have something that’s been on my mind, but I’m too embarrassed to talk about it with people I know. But since this notebook will be passed around to others, even people I don’t know, I’ll just write it here.
The kind of love I’m feeling is one-sided, with no chance of being returned, 0%. I used to think just seeing them was enough, but as time went on, I started wanting more, and now my self-esteem is hitting rock bottom. It’s starting to feel like this isn’t good for me.
(...) So, just, I wish I could go back to before I knew that person. By the way, why do we avoid talking about love in art?... Why does it feel like it’s not refined enough to do so?
* Since the writing includes personal stories, no images are attached. * Another pages with personal content are not included in the images.
