Art Above Where The Table Will Go

Finding Love And Unity In The Blissful Irrationality Of Early Marriage Decision-Making

When most couples first get married, it’s typically a season where budgets are small and money is tight. It’s a world filled with “do we really need this?” and ultimatums like “either we can have a garbage can, or we can just continue to use paper grocery bags for another month and reevaluate.”

That is to say, there are priorities and deliberations about almost everything. This can often lead to conflict when it’s a battle of desires and wills. Speaking of garbage cans, my first argument with my wife was over picking one. I couldn’t tell you what the opposing viewpoints were now, or even why it grew contentious. Though the fight itself is long forgotten, the amusing memory of it has been linked to the theory that it was probably less about the can and more about the cost.

One thing we realized early on that we were not going to fight over, is the priority we both felt over what we were going to put on the walls of our new dwelling.

In fact, we vocalized our desire to prioritize art at the same time, which was right about when we first moved into our first apartment. We didn’t even have a bed. The belief we both shared, is that the quickest way to go from house to home…