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Kirchner’s Kitchen: A Meditation on Colour and ScentTo step into Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Alpine Kitchen” (1918) is to enter a threshold where exterior landscape and interior life are wo …

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Making the Familiar Strange Again Self-love is a phrase that’s heard everywhere these days.  It’s become so routine that it sometimes feels hollow; a backdrop for everything fr …

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Space Is Felt Before It Is Measured:  Lessons from Do Ho SuhI'd been waiting to visit Do Ho Suh's Walk the House at Tate Modern since it opened in May.  Not because I coul …

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Topography and Landscape: The Two Maps of HomeA 12-minute read. Worth saving for when you have space to think.You know that feeling when you walk into your kitchen in the morning and som …

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Emotional Textures: How Scent Layers the Atmosphere of HomeIn my last piece I wrote about reading the emotional landscape of your home—noticing which spaces pull you in and which push yo …

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The Emotional Language of AirYou walk into your kitchen on a quiet morning.  The light hasn't quite filled the room yet, but you catch the faint trace of rosemary from last night's …

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