As a kid, he would spend lots of time in nature: Safety is in the animal world.
you’re able to trust them.
I understood what they were about, but I didnt quite understandpeople, said Charlie.
Drawing helped him to deal withunbearably deep grief.
It was where Charlie had found his focus and his flow: Drawinghelps: drawing and music.
Bizarrely, I can draw for hours.
and the Horse replying, Help, shared Charlie.
Image credits:charliemackesy
The artist kept developing the stories and distributed these pieces solely via social media.
Galleries put a value on everything.
I had emails from hospitals across the world, said Mackesy.I was overwhelmed.
I keep them all in a file.
I still look at them at night.
Book sales are not important to me, but these letters mean everything, added the artist.
That they end, the horse replies.
This message has been a source of hope to many people all over the world.
Its a distillation of everything I have felt about life, he conceded.
To be human is to feel an awful lot, he added.
When asked about the main characters, Charlie pointed into himself.
The fox has the greatest arc in the story, with the line about being loved.
When we are vulnerable with each other, we are strong.
They dared to show their weak side and they bonded and they found their home in each other.
Someone else told me I have given people licence to bekind.
The sheer energy and support has carried me through the last few years, shared Charlie.
Im so grateful for everything that has happened.
I cry a lot more now.
Im a bit scruffier than I was.
Im very moved by human beings, more than ever before.
Funny enough, 15 minutes before announcement, Charlie was hiding in the toilet because ofanxiety.
On a daily basis someone makes me weep.
That is the greatest award for me.
The small things in life are the big things.
He created theLove Winst-shirt as well as the NHS, Choose Love, WWF and The Samaritans.
The artist is continuously receiving grateful messages from all over the globe
