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Superhero Photo Challenge: Hidden messages

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As I wander through the streets with my camera in hand I often like to play a game. I tell myself to look for things hidden in the landscape; hearts, faces, secret messages. One particularly low day, I looked up to see this, and felt like it was a sign from the heavens. More recently, I was walking with a friend who was overwhelmed with work and being pregnant and trying to keep up with all of it. She was in tears by the end of the conversation, not knowing what she should do. At some point we looked down and noticed that we were standing on a bike path that said "Slow down."

This week's challenge is to find a hidden message. It might be just what you needed to hear.

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    So far, I have been meeting the daily challenges with photos I shot previously. But I KNEW I didn’t have any hidden message photos. As I was pondering my options, I looked up and saw the photo above, perfectly framed. It was just the right message for this week, which was ...

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How perfect.
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLawyer Mama
Amazing story!

After reading this post, I kept my eyes peeled and found a little message in my ice cream, of all places. Whoulda thunk it?

http://www.dolcepics.com/dailypic/made-like-no-other/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterlaura
http://creativevoyage.blogspot.com/2007/12/on-oldie-but-favourite.html

I love secret messages - I find that where I live there are often ones from the past 19th centuary advertisements painted on buildings faded but still legible.
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterm
I love the "You Can" photo.

I don't have a picture of it, but once I was with a friend at the Botanical Garden. We were both at a crossroads in our lives, and she was depressed. We were both growing a lot. We were having a good conversation about all of it, and then we came upon a sign in the garden (near some renovation) that said, "Pardon our Progress." It became our mantra.
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commentershelli
Yay! I just found this under a tree at the park yesterday.

http://flickr.com/photos/23558661@N03/2499305794/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermaya
cool challenge. I'm going to keep my eyes open
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterrenee
i just LOVE this idea... can't wait to "see" what i find!
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStaci
i found this a couple of months ago.... I hope to find something else, but just in case here it is

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22555250@N05/2372219134/in/set-72157604024544977/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJenna
gosh, this post really got me today. i'm nearly in tears from those pictures and your words. i have to agree wholeheartedly, and often at exactly the right time i will find something like what you are describing. often times it's even a homeless person holding a sign that says "smile" instead of 'need money for beer' and these are the messages that keep me going, like they are the universe finally getting through to me.

i'll keep my eyes open for this challenge. but all i have for now is something that appeared down my street at exactly the right time in my life when i needed to believe its message.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/529235970/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercamerashymomma
no way! i just posted a picture to flickr that i'd made all textured and then felt drawn to come here...and am blown away by the synchronicity of it all as
the message i just posted is of writing on a sidewalk that is in pretty much the same writing (though you can't really tell that mine is from a sidewalk anymore!). i wonder if it was the same artist? (though i came across this one in portland).

here it is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2498624771/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commentervivienne
I've been noticing these little messages more and more lately myself. Here's my favorite:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24279798@N03/2345619926/in/set-72157604027073323/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJen
I spotted this on the side of a mailbox in New York...still trying to do what it said :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thrivestyle/2333299441/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterthrivestyle
Today's post fit in perfectly with a photo I took last week. On our daily drive to school, we found a sweet message on a pedestrian overpass. It made the morning special, and the message lasted about three days.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25572634@N04/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnn Wiechmann
This sounds like a fun -- and inspiring -- challenge. I'll have to keep my eyes open!
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMary
I love secret messages!

Here are a few I have found, one at McDonald's of all places:

http://travelsinwind.blogspot.com/2008/05/secret-messages.html
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKaren Travels
i love that photo!
and here's something i found in Key West last summer-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maypapers/1154923581/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commentertracey
Love the hidden message in your photo.

Here's one of my favorites that I found a while back. I don't condone graffiti but you gotta love this one!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/appleofmyeyebaby/2213199499/in/set-72157603793051925/

And then my old blogpost about it is here:
http://luckynumbreight.blogspot.com/2008/01/inspired.html
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterxtina828
Great challenge, I am happy to finally be participating, I've been meaning to do this for a long time.

I found this message tucked inside of an alleyway in the downtown area of my tiny capital city.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordnerd/146859790/in/set-1557363/
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterwn
Ok, so these aren't really secret, but they were found when I needed to hear them the most:
http://creative-bubbles.blogspot.com/2008/05/all-you-need-is-love.html

Great story!
May 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterConnie
As always another great challenge. Here is mine, I found it today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24035778@N04/2500680818/
peace
May 18, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkudzu fire
I have tons I could post, but over the years this is still my favourite message from the Universe. :D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutter-happy/2502894042/
May 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRetroBerry

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