Wishes - the Penny Project overview

I have recently begun working on Wishes, the Penny Project. For Wishes, pennies are altered with the addition of small removable stickers, each sticker voicing a wish or desire (some based on my own wants, others based on wishes that I perceive others to have). Some examples of such wishes are "I wish I could tell him I'm sorry." and "I wish people weren't so cold." The pennies are left penny side up, sticker side down, on the sidewalk such that passer-bys will happen upon them and pick them up.

So far, I have been leaving pennies pretty much everywhere I have been since I started this, mostly in St. Louis, Missouri. My hope is to connect with people who may or may not otherwise be involved in the arts and the art world and to get them to better appreciate pennies while thinking more about how alike all of us really are.