Meet Emily Phu
Happiness Cards
Sophomore year, morale within the marching band was low. As a member of the marching band, I was low-spirited myself but the idea of making someone else happy made me happy. I wanted to contribute, but wanted to do something unique to me. I’ve loved drawing ever since I could remember, so I decided to draw cartoon characters for everyone in the band. I wanted to make people happy and Disneyland is the “happiest place on earth”, so I decided to draw Disney characters.
I saw my classmates become excited again and many of them displayed the cards on their music binders or lockers. In order to thrive in our music program it takes a lot of hard work. It’s easy to feel insignificant after working so hard and feeling as if nothing came out of it--like it didn’t matter. I made these cards to remind people to celebrate themselves and the work they’ve put in, to remind them that they do matter.