The Thought Project

Thought Project": «Over a period of 3 months I stopped 150 strangers on the street and asked them what they where thinking about the second before I stopped them. Using a mic and a dictaphone I recorded what they told me, then took a picture of them. 55 of the 150 thoughts are presented on this website as quotes. All quotes state exactly what was said during the interviews. The interviews took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and New York City.» Simon Hogsberg

A friend sent me this link a few months ago and I've just now come around to actually reading all the entries.

I often find myself looking at strangers passing by and making up my stories of what their lives might be. I like to imagine that my stories are more interesting than what their lives actually are. The Thought Project is fascinating. A simple concept, such as walking down the street at any given time of the day, can give us an insight of the thought process we all go through.

I have a million thoughts that go through my head every second of the day, and I sometimes wonder how does it all fit in there? Why am I having this random thoughts, am I crazy for having them? I guess they’re not as random as I thought, afterall. This site presents that randomness in a simple yet effective way. I now have the urge to conduct my only little project. I hope you find this as interesting as I did.

The Thought Project