. >> this is a -- >> for doeman it's a form of art getting people to pay attention to each other. >> i think we have a big desire to be heard. we have a lot of ways to broadcast with social media. and all that is great i think but there is a deficit in just feeling emotionally heard sometimes. >> it felt good. >> reporter: timothy wrote about trayvon martin. >> it was therapeutic. it gives you a sense of feeling like someone is listening. even though these are strangers. >> reporter: strangers but each story makes them feel a little bit less alone like this lady in the bronx. born in the bronx, mom remarried three times, her husband was abusive, had a boyfriend from 15 to 20 years old who also abused me but i loved him dearly. i hope everything will be okay soon movement past haunts me. then there's this. my partner might be homeless in a few months i'm going to stay with her no matter what but i'm worried what my friends and family will say. it's not her fault. i can't just stop being in love. the show hung 500 notes, some tragic, some comic and some confused but all to from the hea