
Stewart House Stories


Living for Art
I’ve been thinking a lot about the experience of art lately. Seeing The Brutalist jogged something in my mind and had me ruminating over that meas...
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The Natural World
We tend to think of our homes as wholly different from the natural world. And in some obvious respects, they are: houses are a human construction,...
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In Support of Bribery
I am an unapologetic fan of bribery. Not the transactional type - a fistful of cash in exchange for some insidious deed - but the act of rewarding...
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Women in History
Establishing Women’s History Month is a somewhat curious idea. We’ve given birth to every person who has ever existed on the planet so our history...
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The Holidays
I almost never tamper with a Thanksgiving dinner: this year, dishes remained largely as they were when we were kids. In fact, I wake up early, just...
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Small Spaces
Twenty-five years ago, as I meandered through the maze of Portobello Road, I bought a small, vintage painting of a woman and young girl walking in...
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Simplifying Art
Watch a preschool classroom in action and you’ll know that art is a primary form of communication. From that young age, we are in pursuit of a way ...
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