Love is an action (2025)

Institutional pricing (libraries, universities, for use on tv/movies etc) . Please contact us for invoicing or a custom listing: $72

Melanie Cervantes
Open Edition (s) of 8.5" x 11", Printed in Oakland, CA , (December) 2025

- Dark red ink on Hot pink/Fireball Fuchsia paper Astrobrights Acid and Lignin Free, paper

-Rose Gold ink on Black Recollections Heavyweight Acid and Lignin Free Paper, 110lb/300 gsm

-Metallic blue in on Lunar Blue Astrobrights Acid and Lignin Free, paper 100lb

- Gold ink on Black Recollections Heavyweight Acid and Lignin Free Paper, 110lb/300 gsm

This passage from bell hooks reminds me that love is not passive. It is something we choose to practice every moment, every hour, every single day. Love is not still or abstract. It is a motion we return to again and again, a rhythm, a practice that shapes us.

It asks us to show up with intention, to listen with openness, to stretch toward one another, and to allow that closeness to transform us. In our relationships and in the wider, messier work of building community, love becomes a discipline, a daily commitment to act with care.

When we take love seriously, it becomes political. It calls us to confront what harms us, to create what can truly hold us, and to reject the culture of abandonment that we are told is normal. This love is labor, tender and rigorous, devoted to our collective well being.