Chronicle Books - Everything is going to be ok

Do you ever feel a little down, a little blue, a little bit in need of someone to come along and clap their hand on your shoulder and say: Hey, its your day! You are exactly where you need to be! Do you ever just need a hug? Well those are the times when this book will serve you well. Tucked inside its pages youll find boatloads of contemporary art, craft, design, and photography all ready to offer you good cheer. Need inspiration to lead a purposeful life? Try Chris Kennys Be a Lamp or a Lifeboat or a Ladder on page 33. Need a reminder to appreciate the beauty of the world? Flip to Rigo 23s Sky / Ground on page 42. Need affirmation that youre a good person? Take a gander at Jessica Gonacha Swifts You Are Perfect Just The Way You Are on page 25. Optimism is underrated.

We all get so caught up in the sturm und drang of our lives. Worrying and complaining become second naturesomething to do on the phone, on the bus, while waiting for our number to be called at the bagel shop. One of the million things that art can doand do better than almost anything else can (okay, except maybe for a smiling baby, or a hedgehog, or dark chocolate, or a smiling baby hedgehog made of dark chocolate)is to break the cycle of our days, pull us from the fog of our own minds, force us to look and see and think anew. The decision to make art that offers us, spelled out in words, a discourse of positivity is a bold one indeed. In letterpress, photoshop, pen and ink, needle and thread, the artists in this book dare to wear their hearts on their sleeves; dare to shake off negativity and cynicism; dare to hope, to dream, and dare you to do the same. Will you take up their banner? Will you wave your happiness freak flag in the street? Will you remind your friends that Everything Will Be Ok? That Anything I Can Imagine I Can Do? That You Are So Loved? We hope you will.

And we will, too.

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