reproduced with permission
Before the capital ground to a sudden halt this month, Londoners would have noticed Andy Leek’s Notes to Strangers on their daily commute. Dotted around bus stops and tube stations across London, these simple messages of positivity and motivation written in black marker pen on bright A4 sheets have cheered up the daily slog of many since 2015.
A new project started with a call to action on Instagram in January and resulted in an initial 600 Notes to NHS Staff distributed around NHS staff rooms across the UK. Numbers have risen into the thousands since then, with Andy dispatching batches of his handmade posters daily to hospitals and surgeries across the country.
The artist shares examples posted by NHS workers, and Instagram followers are invited to submit their suggestions of inspiration, motivation and gratitude to doctors and nurses during the daily Instalive session from 8pm.
About the artist:
Andy Leek is a former advertising man who started Notes to Strangers after experiencing a mental health issue and decided to help strangers who might be having a hard time. More information on this and other projects can be found here
Follow Andy Leek on @notestostranger and #NotesToNHS
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