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1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election 0While one of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/snails-defeat-trump-irish-seawall-scrapped/">President-elect Trump's infamous walls has officially been scrapped</a> (thank you snails!), another flat surface is providing some much-needed relief for those in New York who are still feeling the after-effects of Election Day. Started by artist Matthew "Levee" Chavez, <a href="http://www.subwaytherapy.com/">Subway Therapy</a> is a collection of thousands of colorful Post-it Notes that paper Manhattan's 14th Street/6th Avenue subway tunnel with messages of hope, distress, fear, strength and solidarity. The interactive art exhibit has been so popular that other New Yorkers have taken it upon themselves to spread the love to locations like Union Square and Brooklyn's <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/?s=barclays+center&_=1481206348">Atlantic Terminal</a>. Read on to see our <a href="https://youtu.be/Fj2sJioplnU">short video about the Union Square subway therapy wall</a>.1
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election at Union SquareChavez says that he began <a href="https://www.instagram.com/subwaytherapy/">Subway Therapy</a> as a way to "promote stress relief, [while] building community, inclusion, and peaceful expression."2
Subway Therapy wall at Union Square in NYCAs mundane a medium as it might seem, the multi-hued sticky notes have created quite a splash, and show how something so simple can become powerful in numbers.3
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's electionSubway Therapy wall at Union Square in NYC4
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election Go HighThe notes range from optimistic to hostile:5
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election hands off healthcareAnd others use humor to defuse the pain:6
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1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election wall additionsPassersby are encouraged to take a sticky note and contribute their own thoughts to the wall.8
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election 1When we visited the Union Square therapy wall, makeup artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/makeup_artish/">Ish Peralta</a> and model <a href="https://www.instagram.com/my_emma_vega/">Emma Vega</a> were conducting an interactive art installation of their own that asked straphangers to pen notes to be painted onto Vega's body.9
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election artistMakeup artist Ish Peralta painted messages penned by passersby directly onto model Emma Vega10
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election Darkest before DawnFollow Subway Therapy's Instagram feed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/subwaytherapy/">here</a>.11
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election I refuse to HateSubway Therapy wall at Union Square in NYC12
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election Keep fightingSubway Therapy wall at Union Square in NYC13
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election wall expandingThe various sticky note walls throughout the city show no signs of slowing down, and prove that sometimes, the pen is mightier than tiny Twitter-trolling fingers.14
1,000s of subway Post-it Notes provide therapy for New Yorkers after Trump's election We can overcomeSubway Therapy wall at Union Square in NYC15
