New York has been facing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in recent times and had been a coronavirus hotspot. And, while the situation is much under control now, there has been one man who has been working relentlessly to beautify New York by arranging flowers across various spots in the city.
Lewis Miller is a floral designer based out of New York and is the creator of the Flower Flash, guerilla-style street art installations made with flowers. His clientele are only a testimony of his brilliant work and include Tiffany & Co., Ferragamo, Harry Winston and The New York Public Library.
But, in the past few months, Miller is busy with a new endeavour – to transform the city’s spots into his famed ‘flower flashes.’
He started off the initiative as a way to spread some cheer among the gloomy and despondent New Yorkers. However, in the recent weeks, he has been beautifying the city with flowers as his way of paying tribute to the healthcare workers that are at the forefront of the battle against this deadly pandemic.
“With the city being so desolate and people being stuck inside, and it being a cold, dismal spring, we needed hope,” the 45-year-old designer told CNN. “Doing it for the health care workers was a no-brainer because they’re the ones that are out there doing the deed while the rest of us are sequestered inside.”
For one of these Flower Flash arrangements, Miller and his team visited the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and decorated a lamp post outside it with beautiful pink flowers. Unfortunately, due to lack of required permission from authorities, they were asked to take down the decoration within half hour of setting it up.
However, the team did not give up and quickly shifted their plan, deciding to make bouquets out of the loose flowers and hand it over to the medical workers passing by. And the team was truly amazed at the reactions of the healthcare workers to whom they were presenting the flowers.
“So many people cried,” Miller said. “I’m always amazed at the reaction people get when they get flowers. It’s like the last thing on their mind right now. No one is going to buy themselves flowers so for them to just appear is kind of like a unicorn walking down the street.”
Here is another of his masterpieces for Mother’s Day that he dedicated to all the Maternal Health Heroes working on the frontlines of Covid-19.
Here is also another one, where Miller and his team beautified the Charging Bull, one of the most iconic landmarks of New York City.
But that is not all. Miller also donated all the profit that he received from the Flower Flash Boxes to the Greater New York Hospital Association.
Isn’t this man really making New York more beautiful and resplendent? Do let us know what you think of Miller’s creations in the comments section below.
