Passage Placement #13

Message: "You are not the same person you were before you found this."

Location: Reality Tuesdays Coffee Shop, Fort Wright, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/29/08

Time: 1:30 pm

Notes: Had lunch while out running errands. They have great sandwiches.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #12

Message: "You do not exist separate from nature."

Location: Fitting room at the Gap store, Florence Mall, Florence, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/29/08

Time: 11:55 am

Notes: Buying new pants for work.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #11

Message: "The world only exists as you perceive it."

Location: Liquor Direct, Fort Thomas, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/22/08

Time: 12:30 pm

Notes: Stopped into Amy's work to ask her a couple questions and say hello.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #10

Message: "You are not what you think you are."

Location: Crazy Fox Saloon, Newport, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/18/08

Time: 11:00 pm

Notes: Drinks with Josh and Ben after dinner at LaRosa's.

Fate: As we were leaving the bar, a group immediately moved into the booth we were sitting at and found the passage. One of the guys in the group immediately smashed the bottle with his foot and retrieved the message.

Special Note: This is the first time I have seen a passage found by a stranger. It hurt for a second to see it smashed immediately, but then I remembered that giving up control of the passage's fate is an inherent and essential element of this process.

Also, this was the last passage to be placed without any contact information. From now on, all passages placed will include the URL to this blog so that the finder may get more information about what they have found, and leave feedback about their experience finding the passage.

Passage Placement #9

Message: "There is no such thing as a waste of time if you are only willing to learn from any experience."

Location: LaRosa's Restaurant, Newport, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/18/08

Time: 8:30 pm

Notes: Dinner with Josh and Ben.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #8

Message: "Quit lying to yourself."

Location: The Mustard Seed Boutique, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/18/08

Time: 3:20 pm

Notes: Shopping with Amy, Natasha, and Kate after lunch in Clifton.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #7

Message: "Be honest with yourself and honesty toward others will come by nature."

Location: Apna Indian Restaurant, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/18/08

Time: 2:30 pm

Notes: Lunch with Amy, Natasha, and Kate after Amy's final exam of the semester.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #6

Message: "Expectation is the key to disappointment."

Location: Northside Tavern, Northside, Cincinnati, OH

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/17/08

Time: 8:30 pm

Notes: Drinks and billiards with Erin and Adam at Northside Tavern after dinner with Erin at The Hideaway.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #5

Message: "What if you're wrong about everything?"

Location: The Hideaway Restaurant, Northside, Cincinnati, OH

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/17/08

Time: 6:15 pm

Notes: Dinner with Erin before she, Adam and Elizabeth finally make their big trip out of Cincinnati. Godspeed to them.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #4

Message: "You are only limited by your own will."

Location: EnterTRAINment Junction, West Chester, OH

Type: Paper in a jar.

Date: 12/05/08

Time: 12:45 pm

Notes: Basically a second attempt at my first placement.

Fate: As of 1:30 pm, the passage was no longer where it had been placed. I did not witness it being found.

Passage Placement #3

Message: "Maybe this is all there is."

Location: Northern Kentucky University, Fine Arts Building, Highland Heights, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/04/08

Time: 8:10 pm

Notes: Passage placed in the matting and finishing room of the digital photography lab in NKU's Fine Arts Building.

Fate: Sean told me a couple of weeks later that he eventually picked up this passage.

Passage Placement #2

Message: "Confront your shortcomings."

Location: Howard's Place Restaurant, Falmouth, KY

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/04/08

Time: 12:50 pm

Notes: Passage left on the table where I ate lunch at Howard's Place. I had to drop off a G-scale locomotive to Howard, the owner of the restaurant. My father performed repairs on the locomotive, and I was returning it. Lunch was a cheeseburger and fries, it was compliments of the house, and it was delicious.

Fate: Unknown

Passage Placement #1

Message: "You are not what you think you are."

Location: EnterTRAINment Junction, West Chester, OH

Type: Paper in a bottle

Date: 12/03/08

Time: 4:50 pm

Notes: I don't expect this passage to be picked up before closing, at least not by a guest. If an employee finds it, they will likely ask around to see if anyone knows anything about it.

Fate: The passage had not been picked up as of closing time, 6:00 pm, so I picked it up to be placed again another time.

First placement was pretty much a failure.

Information

What is a passage?

A passage is message left in a public place for someone to find. The messages are written on slips of paper which are folded up and placed into very small glass bottles.

Why do I place passages?

I want to confront the way people think, or do not think, with thought provoking questions and ideas, and hopefully encourage the finders of the passages to learn a little bit about themselves.

Why does this blog exist?

So far, I haven't provided any way for the finders of the passages to contact me, the placer. I want the process to remain anonymous. However, starting with the next placement, I will provide this URL with the passage, so that the finder has a place to go to find out a little bit more about what they have found, and to leave feedback about their experience with their passage.

I will post the documentation of the first passages, even though the finders of those passages do not know this blog exists, just to give you, the reader a better feel of how this all works.

What are my expectations with this experiment?

I really don't have any expectations. I don't know what, if anything, will happen next. I do know that I am excited about the possibilities.