This Modern Love

This Modern Love

In the tradition of <i>Post Secret </i>and <i>Other People’s Love Letters, </i>a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube vlogger Will Darbyshire.<BR><BR><i>“What would you say to your ex, without judgment?”</i><BR> <BR> This is the question filmmaker and vlogger Will Darbyshire posed to hundreds of thousands of his closest friends on YouTube. Seeking closure after a tough break-up, Will was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience, and to get at the heart of one of life’s unknowable yet universal mysteries: love.<BR> <BR>Over a period of six months, Will posed a series of questions to his audience and asked them to reveal their innermost feelings about their own romantic experiences in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails.<BR> <BR>The result is a curated collection of responses that are, at turns, funny, dark, confessional, awkward, comforting, and uplifting. <i>This Modern Love </i>is a compelling portrait of individual desires, fantasies, resentments, and fears that reminds us that, whether we’re in or out of love, we’re not alone.