Operation Happy!

Hello , Hello!!!!

First of all thank you so much for taking a look at this...and any little bit will help. 

If you live in the Buffalo area then I'm sure you are familiar with the "You Are Beautiful" billboards that were around for sometime last year. They were part of an art installment provided by the Albright Knox (see the link about them below)

http://wivb.com/2014/09/03/you-are-beautiful-billboards-a-part-of-global-phenomenon/

I found it amazing how I heard people respond...they looked forward to going by them...they felt better when they read them...they were in a rotten mood and it changed their state of mind. Inspired by this I made a series of handwritten foam board signs with kind, comforting words on them and placed them down the length of the grass island of Fuhrmann Blvd. (right next to those “Mattress Set 150.00” signs) “Operation Happy Thoughts” we called it. Well, unfortunately 50 mile an hour wind gusts by Lake Erie sent those babies flying. I scoured the area…but they were gone. However, the mattress signs survived…grrrrrr.

 

So I want to rent some billboards…and I thought you all might like to help. I’m setting a high bar financially because I would like to get more than one. My plan is to create a survey consisting of a variety of kind phrases that folks can choose from that elicit the most soothing response. That will decide the phrases to use.

 

Thanks again for looking….I leave you with a picture of me putting “Operation Happy Thoughts” into action last fall. (photo credit Nicole Hynes)

 - Katie