Gretchen
Schauffler
Nº 01 · Fall 2026 · BURP Arrives 11.1.26.
THE COVER STORY P. 01
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CREATOR OF DEVINE COLOR AND COLOR BAGGAGE
Color taught me
that relationships, not people, change the world.
How does a Puerto Rican girl riding around in the back seat of her parents’ car end up in Oregon, selling paint out of the trunk of her car, navigating her way to the top of a patriarchal paint industry with her own rainbow of colors and transforming lives with a bucket of paint?
I came from Puerto Rico to Portland with only two Anas.
The moment we feel it, we know it...
Somebody should know better, made us miserable, and we can’t confront them. Misery becomes language.
THE LANGUAGE OF PRIDE
I would have never done that.
I can’t imagine saying that.
Whatever, I don’t care.
THE LANGUAGE OF SHAME
They know better than to say that.
I can’t believe they did that.
Clearly everyone else knows.
The misery of an SKBC
WHEN A MOMENT BECOMES A SHOULD KNOW BETTER CONFLICT.
There is no peace around a miserable baby.
Misery Indigestion
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When a baby gets air trapped inside, pressure builds. They squirm, fuss, cry, and make everyone around them miserable until somebody helps release what they cannot say or do themselves. That's how a baby learns people care about them. Adults do something remarkably similar when somebody should have known better. And don’t. That's how people learn to doubt that people care.
PAIN
Pain signals injury; it asks for physical care.
SUFFERING
Suffering signals hardship;
it asks for support
MISERY
Misery signals helplessness;
it demands relief.
LET'S CLEAR THE AIR. KNOW AND DO BETTER, TOGETHER.
THE PROPOSITION P. 03
Who Is
BURP For?