Journal
December 1, 2025 . 7 mins read
To step into Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Alpine Kitchen” (1918) is to enter a threshold where exterior landscape and interior life are woven together through form, colour, and the subtle play of presence. Painted during his time of personal recovery [...]
November 1, 2025 . 7 mins read
I'd been waiting to visit Do Ho Suh's Walk the House at Tate Modern since it opened in May. Not because I couldn't find the time, I could have gone any weekend through summer. I was waiting for [...]
October 1, 2025 . 8 mins read
Ever caught a whiff of something that transported you back in time—your childhood bedroom, the library where you studied for exams, a lover's neck—but when someone asks, "What does it smell like?", you freeze? [...]
September 1, 2025 8 mins read
In my last piece I wrote about reading the emotional landscape of your home—noticing which spaces pull you in and which push you away. The question that lingered for me afterwards was: How do we [...]
August 1, 2025 . 8 mins read
What Is an Emotional Landscape? You don't just live in your home. You feel it. Some rooms pull you in—you settle without thinking. Others? You pass through like a guest, as if they were never really yours. Why does [...]
July 1, 2025 . A 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 something just shifts? Maybe it's the way light catches the counter, or the faint trace of yesterday's coffee, or simply how your body softens when you round the corner. [...]
June 1, 2025 . 7 mins read
You 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 cooking—still lingering, almost imperceptible. Before you've made coffee or opened the [...]
May 1, 2025 . 7 mins read
Some homes feel like they're waiting for you. Others feel like you're waiting for them to notice you're there.You know the difference immediately. One space welcomes you without trying. The other—no matter how carefully you've [...]