AS IT IS Size:20x26 To Be Loved captures that

To Be Loved captures that truth in the layered petals of purple and white peonies

their forms intertwined like threads of the same current

You were allowed to be here all along

obstacles don’t end the story - they fuel it

AS IT IS Size:20x26 To Be Loved captures thatGravity never explains itself. It just holds the world exactly where it belongs. No speeches. No debate. Mountains don't argue for their height. The tide doesn't pause to see if everyone agrees. Dawn doesn't wait for approval. Certain things simply stand. Perspective doesn't wait for permission. It's a position. Take it, and suddenly the noise has nowhere to land. Once you find yours, you stop spending your life defending it. You stand in it. As it is.