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ARTIST SPREADS ‘DON’T SUFFER’ MESSAGE PIECES of art have been mysteriously appearing around Stocksbridge and artist Jarrad Leary has obviously been busy with his latest creation appearing on the Grandfather Fox roundabout at Fox Valley, although it quickly disappeared. But the work has a very serious message, one that Jarrad hopes his guerrilla-style campaign will help to get across. Daubed on the edge of the works featuring a number of celebrities is the word Samaritans, along with the phone number for the charity who are known for talking to people who are having suicidal thoughts. Jarrad has called it ‘Don’t Suffer’ with Kurt Cobain and Marilyn Monroe among the stars depicted. He says that although the campaign has started in his hometown of Stocksbridge, he is hoping to eventually roll it out all over the city. The 30-year-old said: “It was with an extremely heavy heart that I chose to start this project. I am not so naive to think that a piece of art can change a person’s thought process, or even offer a shoulder. “However, imagery can certainly reignite the notion that there is so much hope. Whether it is you who needs help, or knows someone who is suffering... If these pictures can be left where I put them, I’d be grateful. I also realise that may not happen. “I know exactly what a tragedy like this does to a person, as the nature of this stems
from my own childhood. The anxiety, the anticipation, waiting for the inevitable. It shatters their world and they spend their entire life picking up the pieces. I simply cannot sit back and watch peoples lives be affected in the way that mine was. I do this because my heart breaks for the friends and families, every single time. Forget yesterday, ignore today and think tomorrow. Don’t suffer.” As well has hoping to raise awareness of suicide, much like the football match adorning last week’s Look Local, Jarrad says that there is a whole spectrum of other problems it could cover. “For me, this covers the whole spectrum. From mental health, caused by genetics, through to addiction, to anxiety and depression. Through to the worst case scenario of suicide. “When I was a teenager and struggling with what was happening at home, I phoned Samaritans and they were amazing. So kind, so professional and I really felt that they deserved a mention in my art. I’ve been an artist now for about six years. “I’ve sold pieces in Europe and America and I can honestly say, it isn’t half as rewarding as doing something like this that may help people. Money doesn’t make you happy, it just helps. “That’s why this project is nothing to do with money. It’s to get in peoples heads. The people that need it or know the people that need it.”
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