The Favorite Words Project collected people’s
favorite words from April, 2011 to April, 2012 and published them first as a living installation on t-shirts
and bumper stickers and then as a word universe 3-panel poster designed by Meg Willing!
It's intentions were to celebrate language through favorite words,
to begin a dialogue about the role of words in our lives, and to
bring these words together to hear the whole community speak.
Some questions we asked as the words came in and swirled through our heads: Why is this word favorite?
What does the word represent? Is the word of or about the individual
who names it? Is the word a prayer? Is the word a tool? Is the word
art in itself? Why is one word more popular than another? If we
own our favorite words, how does that change us? If we speak our
favorite words, how does that change the world around us?
CONTRIBUTORS — Find your word on the front and your name on the back!
WORD LOVERS — Laugh, sigh, learn, wonder, pronounce, look up meanings, find your new favorite!
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