Iowa Man Takes Road Trip to See His Orange Boxer Shorts, Jesus Night Light and Wal-Mart Jeans
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.14.01 | 9:13 PM ET
The idea came to John Freyer as he drove from New York to graduate school in Iowa: He would sell all his worldly goods on eBay. With the proceeds, he would then travel around the world to see his former possessions. “I want to figure out what happens to me when I no longer have all these items that supposedly define us,” Freyer, a 28-year-old fine arts student at the University of Iowa, told Washington Post writer Leslie Walker in a recent story. “I also want to know what happens to the people who buy them. I’m going on a road trip to find out.”
Freyer built two websites, one detailing the project and another that will chronicle his upcoming road trip through the U.S., Australia, Germany, Japan and beyond. Buyers contacted by the Post’s Walker say they’ve been changed by Freyer’s former goods. Linda Mace, a Maine woman who paid $11.20 for pinking shears that Freyer used to cut up photos, said: “I could use them, while leaving the tag on, to remind myself to sell more and buy less. I’m not sure John realizes just how his project has affected people and how they think about their own possessions.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.
