Why don’t you just Marry Yourself?

“Why Don’t You Marry Yourself?” is a self-portrait series of six bridal archetypes and six love letters written to no one but me.

After years of chasing external validation—through relationships, performance, perfectionism—I found myself mid-burnout, mid-breakdown, mid-diagnosis, being told by someone I loved that if I wanted a wedding, I should just marry myself.

So I did.

Each portrait in this series is a vow.
To hold myself in the mess.
To celebrate my too-muchness.
To reclaim softness without shame.
To laugh at what tried to break me.
To wear the dress—even if no one’s waiting at the altar.

This is not a performance of healing.
This is me, as I am: absurd, romantic, defiant, tired, tender.

I married myself not because I had no other options—
but because I finally realized I was the best one.