Here’s a love story for your instagram snow day:
At the end of our wedding ceremony, our friend & officiant declared us, saying, “by the power vested in me by…” and then began listing the small handful of states that would recognize our marriage, energy building as she read off each one.
Now, we’re celebrating 10 years of being same-sex married and I’m flooded with how lucky I am. Anyone who’s met Danielle knows how exceptionally kind, clever, observant and funny she is. To be loved by her is to be seen and safe and at home, no matter the circumstances.
I’m also thinking about how for so many of us, there is no personal moment or memory which is not, in this world, also political. Things have changed in some ways over the past decade, but the crux of it is the same: our love, our names, our pronouns, our histories, our bodies, our language are all construed as ‘issues,’ to dehumanize, separate and oppress.
Of course we know this, but it’s worth remembering: it is our great capacity for freedom, self-knowledge, empathy and love that defines us. We will never stop doing our best to tell the truth.
Now, Danielle and I do this whole art party together. She runs the shop, makes and ships all of our prints, replies to emails (I know many of you have chatted with her!), builds our canvases and frames my art, and she DOES OUR TAXES (🙇🏻♀️) - an absolute hero. Not to mention just how many of the ideas behind my work have come out of conversations with her, if not directly from her big beautiful brain. She actually started doing this full-time before I did, running the shop as our business grew until I was able to quit my day job. She’s a bit behind the scenes, but her presence is everywhere here.
Here is some of the art that adoring Danielle has inspired over the years — (and, though I can’t imagine you need any more photos of us, if you’d like to see a few more, they’re up here)
With instagram/meta down (again!) today, I’m am (again!) grateful that you’ve chosen to follow along here.
As a thanks, please use the (email-friends-only) code GOODCHANGE20 for 20% off all prints as we work on revamping the shop. We’ll be launching the refresh in a few weeks, with updated pricing and a more limited selection of prints to make room for the new.
If you’d like to shop the whole collection at current prices, now’s the time! <3
Brit
Your love story is beautiful.❤️