05/30/2020
It is utterly absurd to post beautiful photos and talk about how pretty everything is while there is so much pain in the world around us. But we do it because we still need beauty and love and hope. I’m going to keep sharing beautiful images in this space, but fortunately Instagram gave us captions to accompany our photos. I’ve hesitated to speak out on this platform about important topics in the past because as business people, there is an old idea that ALL business is good business and we shouldn’t do anything to turn people away from us. But some things are so much more important than a bit of money in my pocket. So if, by speaking out against the murder of George Floyd and the systemic violence against African Americans, I alienate racists or racist-enablers, I’m totally ok with that. We have so much work to do and I think that one really easy thing that those of us who exist in a place of privilege can start with is to use whatever platform we have to identify ourselves as ANTI-racist (and then go on and do the harder work, as well.) So, enjoy the brides, the flowers, the faraway places, but know that person behind those photos is a person who wants change and justice for people of color and is trying hard to do better.
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HMUA
Gown
Floral
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