Exclusive | New Yorkers pen hundreds of heartfelt love letters, anonymous before Valentine’s Day: ‘I’m swollen’

Love is in the mail.

Before Valentine’s Day, New Yorkers were invited to share their software side into anonymous love letters and remove them in any of a dozen mailbox, red scattered in the Big Apple-as part of a New Campiaign, Cupid-App-Campajign from a local florist.

“I have been blown out of the letters I have read so far – I can’t overcome it. There are people who write poetry, one who wrote to a past love, for a lost connection, love letters to New York City, cards of Flower from children, “said Flower stylist Kertie Hayes, owner of popup Flowerist and mastermind of” Love Campaign Letters of New York City “.

On Friday, the post visited Hayes ‘studio’ Chelsea for a dirty look at some of the more than 500 letters dropped in 13 mailboxes in Brooklyn and Manhattan from Jan. 23-30.

“Dear dear, you inspire me every day, even when you go. I think of your footsteps running towards mine, your wings keeping me hard and keeping me safe … Although you always know my boyfriend [sic]”Reads a note of writing heart in written scriptures.

“Lovelet, your noise of tender emotions is a landscape I wish to muse one, without and on. Anydo riptes will simply attract me back to you … Wealth can be in our hearts, in any corner. XO, Fatimah, ”says another letter.

In a special letter that had an impact on Hayes, the writer discussed the importance of pleasures simply, she said.

“He really hit me because it’s hard to remember to be in love with the simple pleasures of life, and that you really don’t have to take them as good,” she explained.

Now, the florist faces the “difficult” task of choosing only 30 that will be presented in a love-themed installation in a soho-ku art gallery it designs large-scale flower arrangements to match the mood and messages conveyed in letters.

“We are narrowing them based on those that evoke more emotions, but we want to capture the full spectrum of what it means to love and extend – relationships, mother love, and more, she said.

The exhibition – which requires free registration to participate – will only be available in February. 8, because “flowers are flying,” Hayes added.

However, the initial part of the campaign made its target influence, according to Hayes.

“I think the fact that so many people time to write a letter speaks volumes how many people want happiness now, and how much love love,” she said. “The answer has really blown me up.”

“I think this [campaign] It’s so special and indispensable – celebrating little joys is really important, and sometimes a purely love letter is just the thing to illuminate someone’s day, ”said playwright and village Electra Carzis, 26 Luca, before To throw it in a mailbox at Greenwich Village this week.