Every February the same ritual repeats: bouquets appear in grocery carts, florists work overtime, and for about four beautiful days the house smells like romance. Then — quietly — the petals drop, the water clouds, and the Valentine is over. Don’t get us wrong, flowers are lovely. We want fresh flowers around the house every day! But when it comes to valentines, they’re temporary.

Art, on the other hand, keeps showing up.

It hangs on the wall years later.

It sits on the bedside table.

It becomes the mug they only use in the morning.

It turns into the bowl that holds keys every day for a decade.

It becomes part of a person’s routine — which is really what love is anyway.

This Valentine’s Day, give something that stays.

And in Charleston at 2nd Sunday on King Street, you don’t have to search far to find it.