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Shia LaBeouf's Newest Art Project Is... Different

by Kaitlin Reilly

March 19, 2015

Listening to someone's heartbeat is incredibly intimate experience. We're talking Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in The Notebook level romantic. It makes sense — unless you're a doctor using a stethoscope, the only time you hear someone else's beating heart is if you're close enough to their chest to take a listen. However, with his new heartbeat art project, Follow My Heart, Shia LaBeouf is turning that idea on its very head. Follow My Heart is a 6-day long experiment in which LaBeouf will have a monitor hooked up to his chest at all times — in other words, for the next few days, fans can go onto the website Follow-My-Heart.net to listen to the live beating of LaBeouf's heart. As bizarre as it sounds (because when was the last time LaBeouf did an art project that wasn't bizarre?) it's a surprisingly interesting idea. Here's his reasoning for the project:

Every time my heart rate goes up, I’ll stop, breathe, and focus on getting my heart rate lower numerically. I’ve had panic attacks throughout most of my life, whether it’s at work or whether I’ve been drinking heavy. I haven’t had that for a while, and this is a constant reminder to stay at a constant numerical place to find peace.

So... pretty interesting. But that doesn't make the experience of listening to LaBeouf's heart any less weird. Here are the thoughts that run through your head while listening to the beat of LaBeouf's heart.