GET HUBBIED

Katherine Mayfield and Gordon Bowen are friends of mine, but as luck would have it, also like this idea to Get Hubbied enough to apply. I love their application - it reads like a good short story, and well it should since Kate is a writer/editor/interior decorator etc etc.

This statement struck me as the root of their collective sentiment on marriage:

The best part of a lifetime partnership is what isn't expected. It is losing your selfishness and embracing the life of someone who has somehow become just as important as you. We are building something big and wonderful together--even though it isn't necessarily clear what that thing is, it is exciting and special and it would be impossible to do without each other. We think of our lives together as a creative project, always leading us into new places -- working together to make our lives as beautiful and special as they can be. It is our hope that this project will continue throughout our lives.

I am going to toot my horn via their words - I just can't resist.

We think that not only is Bettina Hubby a unique and wonderful artist in her own right, but that she also has a special gift for finding and encouraging artists with special points of view and abilities of expression. We are less interested in the individual artists than the collective result of their collaboration. What is most interesting to us about this project is watching (and perhaps participating in) a great experiment of artists delving into and exploring the roots, meanings and expressions of the cultural institution of marriage. The result can be nothing less than exciting. And what better way to mark what we hope to be a lifelong partnership of creating and building a life unlike any other--than by allowing a group of artists to bring their own inspiration and expression to a one-of-a-kind, once ever moment about our lifelong project?