Thought is wonderful, but adventure is more wonderful still... *

The premise
A typewriter was set up randomly across Madison with slips of paper and the following prompt:

What do you dream about?
Be honest and creative
Start with one of the following prompts
-I wish...
-I dream...
-I hope...
-I remember...
-I think...
-I want...
-I miss...
Be anonymous and do not delete

These submissions have been recorded in this blog (organized under different themes, you can find them in the labels on the section).

You will notice that some of the postings are a bit hard to read because they are misspelled; this is not meant to mock what people wrote, instead it is meant to show that we all make mistakes. The meaning is what's most important.

The goal
This is not just to see what people say, the idea is to get people to ask themselves the question: "What do I really want out of life?"

If we can get people to seriously ask this question and take action... imagine how happy they could be.

Thank you to everyone that participated! Look out in the future, once the typewriter gets fixed you might see it around again...

*quote comes from Oscar Wilde in The Critic as Artist

anonymous

I wish I could stay young forever. young aat heart...Kind of like Peter Pan or something.

anonymous

i think that biathlon is the coolest sport ever - not just becau
i havwe olumpicsa on the brain, but seriously, skiing and shoot
ing guns - theats pretty ciool. anyhow, i know hpowto ski pretty
well - now if i could only learn to shoot lieke ole einar bjorno
aleb

anonymous

i think that civilians are selfish and the worlsd owes you not
ingf it was herte first ---mark twain whyt in a wold of
colpliated people are we making things more somplicated and
not more useful with the technology available at hand

anonymous

I wish Icould fly.
I dream most nights but rarely remember
I hopeit goes well.
I remember my dream from last night
I think I was in the Chinese restaurant where we ate last night
I want to remember more of my dreams
I miss good food

anonymous

I wanna work with food. Teach people that healthy, hommade food can be done b
by anyone. I don't care about organic or any of that ridiculousness, I just
people to visit their lo0cal farmers market just once a seaon and buy somet
thing, anything fresh and tasty. Chinses eggplant, chiaggo beets, chokecherri
- something they;ve ever seen pbefore, but is delious. We;'ve lost so
much as we've become disconnected form the land - and everyone should have a
peice of a garden, eeeven if they can;'t have one themselves. I want people
to love what they're eating, even if it's just once a month, once a year what
ever, Just taake a moment and really enjoy it.

anonymous

i miss typewriters actually. i'm o
old enough to have lived without access to a com
computer until high school. obviously computers mak
life easier and make people more connected and all that good stuff but
part of me wished there were still only typewriters... includ
including the part of me who's writing a dissertation. it would
probably take me four times as long but i think the process would
be more satisfying

anonymous

I wish I was a little bit taller, I was I was a baller..
I think the world needs more starcraft. that would be fun.
good times all around. good times for all. in a world, that wou
oops... would be awesome. type writers are fun.

anonymous

I wish I could play every instrument possible
I dream about living the lives of my parents.
I hope I realize what I want to do in life.
I remember when school was not my obsession.
I thjmk mmmm FOOD.

anonymous

I wishI had something wise and pertinent to say, but the finality of expressing myself anonymously on a typewriter and handing over my thoughts to a stranger ismaking me nervous and un-eloquant. time to finish my beer.

anonymous

I miss the rocky mountain sheep on a glacier.

anonymous

I dream about the man of my dreams

anonymous

I think I'm really hungry... and tired.
I want a shower and a night of good sleep.
I miss the sun.

anonymous

I remember when I was an adventurer. The possibiliteis were endless
I could choose my own adventure. I could take the left, right or middle tunnel. The left would lead me to death, the right to freedom and the middle to things I never could have imagined. I remember when I could clim mountains and scale volcanoes. I remember when I knew I was dreaming and the possibilities were endless. I remember...

anonymous

i'm a little lady duck

anonymous

i wish my dad wernt sick
i dream about aaron and his new girlfriend... unhappy
i hope that everything realy does work out for the best
i remember being on that rooftop in essouira
i think im probably wrong
i want lalalalala
i miss the sun

anonymous

I wish people were more comfortable with less stuff.
I dream of my family.
I hope we can get rid of nuclear weapons.
I remember my dad.
I think too much.
I want a cup of coffee.

I miss my old dog.

anonymous

I dream of being successful, I dream of living to 40.

anonymous

I thiunk that this whole job thing ausuck
I said that this whoilcle job thing sucks and I
well this is not working so Iill stop

anonymous

I dream of having impact beyond what I imagined possible, of creativng opportunity for others, of changing the world one day at a time.

anonymous

I could travel away
I dream about being a singer
I hope one day I will feel fullfilled
I remember being little and not having a care in the world

I think life gets hard sometimes

anonymous

i wish for a good job oncee y i am back in my country
i dream of girls every night
i hope that i do not such too much in english
i remember when i was a boy, i was so happy
i y think i should stop witing tthis
i miss my girlfriend

anonymous

I dream to be an educated man in the near future

anonymous

I wish I wxsl:s b ehinest anafk
I wish that this type wiryter ewas
more clear because this was
sj go a sweet idea

bit it isnt workking ttoc well
happy birthday!!!!

anonymous

I wish for a great job and a great life ahead of me.

anonymous

I hope... for a time when human compassion and understanding will truly rule.

anonymous

I hope President Obama will be reelected in 2012!

anonymous

i hope socially progressive banking takes root on a bigger scale

anonymous

i wish that life was something you could just make an easy decision abo
about and that it wasn't something you had to make serious decisoins ab
about.as is, it's too stressful. it needs to just be fun.

anonymous

I think, often, even, what I would do were at one point in m life tomorrow even. what i waould do if i was given
the option to go back in time and, and im talking a predetermined amount of time here, start from scratch. I' imagine

id take the
opportunity
but how would i manage
to make sure to keep all
the good parts of my life
and undo the bad?

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