Emily Hawkins began making art when she became a mother and uses her work to express her feelings about her children and motherhood. Bruce Naigles uses sculpting to answer his questions about life, focusing on staying joyful despite hard times.

Elizabeth Sanchez discusses how she finds personalities in her art and how her work helped her through depression. Tenzing Rigdol connects with his culture and his parents' culture through different artistic techniques.

Kristin Alley Carver creates art to connect to a higher power and to balance her experience with motherhood. Gary Ernest Smith reflects on how his roots in farming and his time in the military influenced his art.