Every day, strangers who miss the chance to exchange phone numbers reach out to one another by posting to missed connections websites. Artist Sophie Blackall illustrates these modern-day equivalents to messages in bottles on her Missed Connections blog. These “messages have the lifespan of a butterfly,” Blackall writes. “I’m trying to pin a few of them down.” To see more illustrations, visit the artist’s blog. Prints of the illustrations are available on Etsy. Read Alana Price’s blog post to learn more.