DEAR STRANGER
EUROPEAN TOUR
My Dear Stranger European journey began in Brussels, Belgium. On a rainy day when the sun didn't shine, I decided to post a letter on a tree beside a bus stop. Unsure what to expect since English was not the first language, the letter surprisingly sent a ripple through the city. Stranger after stranger started messaging me to do more and more. So I did. And I've never looked back since. If it wasn't for Brussels, my letters would never have gone as far as they have. Sure ... the letters began in Melbourne, Australia during the pandemic, but it was the people of Brussels who made me believe in this project. They inspired me to set foot on a tour around Europe to spread the project to as many countries as possible. Now, my letters can be found in Amsterdam, Ghent, Leuven, Antwerp, Brussels, Rotterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Bordeaux, Madrid, and Barcelona.
All thanks to Brussels.
DEAR STRANGER, UK
Early 2024 I decided to pack my car with thousands of Dear Stranger letters and set off on a tour across the UK alone. On this tour, I managed to give letters to many English and Welsh cities. Over the course of a week, I posted in various cities, towns, and little villages in-between. The highlight of the trip was helping a Shepard corral sheep with my car somewhere deep in the country. So far, I have covered a fair distance and a good amount of cities, but the journey has only just begun. I still have a long way to go.
By the end of 2024 I hope to have given all the major cities in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, a good ole' Dear Stranger letter.
DEAR STRANGER,
LONDON
When I first posted in London, it was a disaster. The rain beat the crap out of me, the cameras made me paranoid, I was told where I could post and couldn't post by a guy who was part of a supposed street art gang, overall I felt beat. But ... I thought I'd give it one more go with a harder punch this time. I decided I would bring one thousand Dear Stranger letters and post them anywhere and everywhere I could. And in January, when the sun shined for a few days, I made it my mission to post one thousand letters. I posted and posted and posted, embarking on sixteen, sometimes seventeen hour days, and by two am on the third night, I completed my mission. And to my surprise, message after message began to flood into my inbox. Messages that made me see that beauty, kindness and eternal-heart warming hope hides behind the sea of grey-scale frowns. Now ... London is one of Dear Stranger's favourite cities in the world.
RESPONSES
LETTER EXAMPLES
There are over forty different letters in current circulation to be found in the wild
THE FUTURE OF THIS PROJECT
I hope to expand the project by posting in more places. The dream is to one day be able to fund it sustainably so I can carry on at high-octane-intensity. As of now, I'm having to post in spurts because it's expensive to travel and the supplies aren't cheap. But onwards and upwards we go. All proceeds from my book, Dear Stranger Origins, is going back into the project so I can carry on posting. If you bought one, thank you for supporting the project you wild child.
And most importantly of all, I hope to create a Dear Stranger community around this project to hopefully make concrete jungles littered around the world more welcoming places to roam.
