Briona Butler, opaline’s founder & Creative director, has her roots in SE, DC and Prince George’s County, MD. As a Contributing Writer at The Washington Post, she shares her musings on music, history, and culture as they intersect with the lived experiences of artists in DC and its surrounding areas. She loves the liminal, surrealism, natural law, and helpings others to be all of who they are. Influences include: Nikki Giovanni, Ntozake Shange, Lucille Clifton, Khalil Gibran, Ellis Haizlip, punks, any Gemini, and all things iridescent.

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