Existential Wednesday is a small, playful public writing experiment that happens only on Wednesdays.

On these Wednesdays, people are invited to pause and respond to simple existential prompts like:

“What question are you avoiding?”
“What feels meaningless lately?”
“What still surprises you?”

Responses are anonymous and informal. They might be written on scraps of paper, cards, or mini notebooks. Some responses may be exchanged between strangers, read aloud by someone else, or quietly displayed for a short time.

The project is intentionally loose and experimental. It may take place in parks, cafés, sidewalks, or pop-up gatherings, and it may change shape each week based on how people engage. The goal isn’t answers or improvement, but shared reflection and momentary connection through curiosity and honesty.

Existential Wednesday treats big questions lightly.

It creates a low-pressure, slightly mischievous space where people can engage with meaning, doubt, and curiosity without needing to explain themselves or fix anything. By limiting the project to Wednesdays and keeping it informal, it turns existential thinking into a communal ritual rather than a private spiral.

The project is deliberately small, strange, and unfinished. It uses writing as play, not productivity, and invites connection through shared uncertainty. With $1,000, I can test an unusual, human way of bringing people together around questions we usually keep to ourselves.