What: "The Letter League," a documentary
When: 6:30 p.m., April 27
Where: Dennos Museum Center
More info: letterleaguedoc.com
During the pandemic, Heather Spooner, owner of the Ampersand Lettering Lab in Traverse City started something called the “The Letter League.”
It began as a project to connect strangers during a time when people had to be separated. It’s now grown to 600 penpals and there’s a waiting list to join the network.
"There's something really intentional about sitting down and thinking through your thoughts to put them on paper.," Spooner said. "In letter writing, you're thinking through what's worth writing down on this finite amount of space that I have on this paper. And is it worth sending to another person through the mail with a stamp that I'm going to pay for, for them to read?"
Spooner attributed some of the success of "The Letter League" to yearning for human connection.
"It's still really surprising to me that people are searching out ways to connect with people, when we are arguably our most connected time that any of us have ever seen," she said. "If there is one good thing that has come out of the pandemic, is that I think that people know the value of slowing down. They value slow intentional living maybe a little bit more because it was forced upon us and we saw that there was good in that"
Hear the conversation in full through the audio player above.
“The Letter League” documentary will show Saturday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City.
