“Through the generosity of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky, the Colby Museum recently acquired Annabel Daou’s The Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, a text-based work that reproduces the entire 1775 text of the Second Continental Congress’s justification for the fight for American independence. Soon after the work arrived at the museum, Lunder Curator of American Art Beth Finch visited Daou in New York and invited her to contribute to The Lantern. We’re excited to publish Daou’s reflection, our first post by an artist, on this work and its place in the trajectory of her practice…”