“I toyed with making portraits based on people's discarded shopping lists found on the street, or old diaries bought on eBay, or other forms of borrowed stories. When I stumbled across the Missed Connections listings, I knew immediately I'd found it.” PeopleStoriesFormFoundStreetsConnectionsListsShoppingPortraitsDiariesBorrowedDiscardedEbayMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“There are more than a few messages from lonely people wondering why they never find themselves described...I illustrated one, "How come no one ever misses me?" They kill me, those.” PeopleWonderMissingMessagesLonelyKill MeLonely PeopleMiss Me Author:Sophie Blackall
“I have had people come to the site from all over the world. The US and Canada predominantly, but also Brazil and South Africa and Greece and Indonesia and Hong Kong and Ireland and Argentina and Spain and Israel and Australia.” PeopleWorldSouthIsraelCanadaAustraliaIrelandSouth AfricaSiteSpainGreeceIndonesiaBrazilArgentinaHong Kong Author:Sophie Blackall
“I did have a couple of people asking me to illustrate their MC in a hope to widen the exposure, unfortunately the messages weren't a good fit, so I couldn't oblige. And I didn't really want to become a matchmaking service. Someone posted a missed connection "I like your blog" which was directed at me... that was kind of fun to stumble across.” PeopleWantKindFunLike YouCoupleFitMessagesConnectionsAskingExposureBlogsI Like YouMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!” PeopleKnowsPaintingResponsible Author:Sophie Blackall
“But mostly I think two people do share a moment, and we all know that feeling, and it can put a spring in your step for the rest of the day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoMomentsFeelingsStepsShareSpringSpring In Your Step Author:Sophie Blackall
