We regularly ask our interviewees what makes them happy because at the end of the day, what else really matters? We’ve highlighted some of the responses below.

Welkin Tang | Photographer

The thing that makes me the most happy about photography is exploration. I’ve seen a lot of places that I’m not sure I would have been motivated to go if it weren’t for me taking pictures when I get there. Philosophically, I can also explore the characteristics of different cities in my street photography and how to bring different situations to life or heighten them in my fashion photography. Read more>>

Maddam Bre | Tattoo Artist

I am at a point in my life where I am recently discovering what makes me fully happy. With a lot of self reflecting, I’ve realized that happiness is something that is constant yet is also temporary in certain factors. To be continuously happy is being able to be a full time mom and being hands on as needed in the early stages of my daughter, Yoko’s life. Read more>>

Reina Martinez | Children’s book author & illustrator

Music, nature, movement, time well spent with friends, creating art and being mindful of all the little things. Staying positive is very important to me. Your circumstances may change, actually, they WILL change. That is the constant in our life; change. But your reaction to the ebbs and flows of life are way more important than the circumstances themselves. Read more>>