HEY, 

YOU!
YES, YOU.
THE AWESOME
PERSON READING
THIS BOOK.

YOU ARE SO
LOVED.
It’s something we could all stand to be reminded of from time
to time. Maybe the boy we have a crush on doesn’t like us
back. Maybe we’re not getting along with a friend or relative.
No matter. The world is big and, contrary to what they’d have
you believe on the news, full of love. Maybe it’s the city you live
in that loves you back. Maybe it’s the artist you’ll never meet
who puts up a mural to tell you that “you are nature’s greatest
miracle.” The ability to accept the love the world is giving you
is a rare and valuable gift.
A couple of years back a little book snuck out into the
world called Everything Is Going to Be OK. A small, happy,
hopeful volume, it was dedicated to the proposition that
people were ready for a little hope, a little joy, a little positivity
in their lives. Around that time, a number of artists had
started putting bold words of affirmation into their work,
and that book was a celebration of those brave souls and the
astonishing, encouraging, and beautiful images they were
making across all kinds of media. We surmised that folks
might like this sort of thing—and boy, oh boy, do they ever!
The response that book has gotten has been nothing short of
humbling. Quite simply, it makes people happy.
And so we are beyond honored to bring you another
collection of audaciously positive art, craft, photography,
and design. One of the most important things creative people
do is make their viewpoint manifest in the world—to publicly
enact their slantwise vision. In the case of the intrepid artists
in this book, that means standing up and being counted as one
of the ones full of warmth, full of affection, full of—yes—love
for their fellow creatures. We owe it to them, and to ourselves,
to cultivate our own gifts of receptivity—to accept the magic
and sanguinity they offer, to let them make us smile, and then
to turn around and reflect that love on the people around us.
You won’t regret it.
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IMAGE CREDITS
© Jen Renninger, www.jenrenninger.com
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page 5 Marc Johns, www.marcjohns.com

page 6 Jen Collins, www.hellojenuine.com

page 7 Christopher David Ryan, www.cdryan.com

page 9 Susan O’Malley, courtesy of the artist and Romer Young

Gallery, San Francisco, www.susanomalley.org
page 10 Marc Johns, www.marcjohns.com

page 11 “All Over Coffee #311,” by Paul Madonna,

www.paulmadonna.com
page 12 Elspeth Stowell

page 13 “Here & Now,” by Lisa Congdon, www.lisacongdon.com

page 14 Concept and photograph by Emily Hunter,

www.emilyhunter.com
page 15 Marc Johns, www.marcjohns.com

p ages 16 & 17 Carolina Otero, www.carolinaotero.com

page 18 Christopher David Ryan, www.cdryan.com

page 19 Shannon Sawtelle

page 21 © Seb Lester, 2010, www.seblester.co.uk

page 22 Guinevere de la Mare

page 23 Danna Ray, www.dannaray.com

page 24 Julian Bialowas, www.365q.ca

page 25 Nicole Lavelle, www.makingstuffanddoingthings.com, and

Sarah Baugh, www.sarahbaugh.com
page 26 Rachel Castle, www.castleandthings.com.au

page 27 “I’m So Happy”, by Sarah Landwehr, screen print,

www.twosarahs.etsy.com
page 28 Nicole Lavelle, www.makingstuffanddoingthings.com

page 29 Marc Johns, www.marcjohns.com

page 30 Samantha Hahn, www.samanthahahn.com,

www.samanthahahn.com/blog
page 31 Lucas & Hayley at Keep Calm Gallery,
www.keepcalmgallery.com
page 33 © Jen Renninger, www.jenrenninger.com
 p ages 34 & 35 Rachel Castle, www.castleandthings.com.au

p ages 36 & 37 Corita Kent, reproduced by permission of the Corita Art

Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles, www.
corita.org
page 38 Michelle Cavigliano, My Zoetrope, www.myzoetrope.com

page 39 Dominique Falla, www.dominiquefalla.com

page 40 Monsieur Cabinet, www.monsieurcabinet.com

page 41 Kennedy Prints! www.kennedyprints.com

page 42 Will Bryant, www.willbryant.com

page 43 Gemma Correll, www.gemmacorrell.com

page 45 Baltimore Print Studios, www.baltimoreprintstudios.com

p ages 46 & 47 Chris Johanson & Altman Siegel, San Francisco,

www.altmansiegel.com
page 48 Hannah Berman for Pie Bird Press, www.piebirdpress.com

page 49 Andrei D. Robu, www.andreirobu.com

page 50 © Jessica Swift, www.jessicaswift.com

page 51 Katie Daisy, www.katiedaisy.com

page 53 Jessica Hische, www.jessicahische.is/awesome

page 54 Jeff Hamada, www.jeffhamada.com

page 55 Lara Starr, www.larastarr.com

page 57 Gemma Correll, www.gemmacorrell.com

page 59 Andrei D. Robu, www.andreirobu.com

page 60 Dallas Clayton, www.dallasclayton.com

page 61 Dallas Clayton, www.dallasclayton.com

page 62 onepointoh, www.onepointoh.co.uk

page 63 Natasha Mileshina, www.bubbo.etsy.com

page 65 Nicole Lavelle, www.makingstuffanddoingthings.com and

Justin Flood, www.justinrobertflood.com
p ages 66 & 67 Keetra Dean Dixon, www.fromkeetra.com

page 68 Veronica Cipto Design, www.vero-c-design.com

page 69 Bridget Watson Payne, www.pippascabinet.blogspot.com

 page 70 © Jen Renninger, www.jenrenninger.com

page 71 Jessica Hische, www.jessicahische.is/awesome

page 73 Julia Rothman, www.juliarothman.com

page 74 Will Bryant, www.willbryant.com

page 75 Nicole Lavelle, www.makingstuffanddoingthings.com

p ages 76 & 77 Keetra Dean Dixon, www.fromkeetra.com

page 78 Christopher David Ryan, www.cdryan.com

page 79 Cori Kindred, www.corikindred.com

page 80 Gemma Correll, www.gemmacorrell.com

page 81 Jen Collins, www.hellojenuine.com

p ages 82 & 83 Sarah Hotchkiss, “Welcome to a Suspended Future,” 2011.

Spray paint on corrugated plastic. Photo © Carmen Winant.
www.sarahhotchkiss.com
page 84 Julian Bialowas, www.365q.ca

page 85 Bill Watson Payne

page 86 Keetra Dean Dixon, www.fromkeetra.com

page 87 Claire Fletcher, clairefletcher-meow.blogspot.com

p ages 88 & 89 Gemma Correll, www.gemmacorrell.com

page 91 enormouschampion © 2011, www.enormouschampion.com

page 93 Natasha Mileshina, www.bubbo.etsy.com

Introduction and compilation copyright © 2012 by Chronicle Books LLC.

All artworks copyright © the individual artists.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without written permission from the publisher.

Pages 94–96 constitute a continuation of the copyright page.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

ISBN: 978-1-4521-2473-5

Design by Alex Styc

Cover illustration by Jen Renninger

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