“So here is my drawing, I made it at my desk at work, after having told half the floor about your project. It is the third try, I first tried to draw my dog, then filled a whole page with drawings of all the things that make me happy, but then came a song that gave me instant butterflies. I must be in love. So there.”

Netti Vana
30 years old
Cluj Napoca, Romania
car fleet administrator

“One of the things that make me happy and I can really put together in a drawing, is my very cute, obese guinea pig, Teto. His huge pink ears and the noise he does each time I enter the room are priceless and always make me smile. My pets are generally ‘smile generators’ and make my day!”

Cami
Age: 25…I think…
Logistics Analyst and Professional Dreamer
Cluj Napoca and Oradea,Romania

About my drawing
What I was doing: Reading my emails at work
Where I was: My desk at work
Alone or with company: I’m with my good friend, Netti, who reminds me each day to stay happy and do something childish.

“Living in Toronto makes me happy.”

Rachel Jade Kuzmich
25, almost 26 years old
airline work
born in Welland, ON, lived in Toronto, ON, then in Montreal, QC, now back in Toronto, on (all cities in canada)

About my drawing
What I was doing: thinking of things that make Toronto Toronto
Where I was: at home, at work, in transit, outside
Whom I was with: alone

“Filling out timecards at my old job brought me great frustration. But one day I invented something to solve the problem. I drew it on my arm, and my frustration then gave way to amusement.”

Tamara Davis
14 years old
New York City

Amy Hao
15 years old
New York City

“My mom [and] me.”

Amanda Garcia
15 years old
New York City

Melody Hope Wallace
14 years old
New York City

Brandon Wong
9 years old
New York City

(Brandon is photographed here with his dad, David. Thank you, both!)