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Stuart Sheldon
Nov 13, 20142 min read
No Is the New Yes
Best Books Ever Written – new piece installed yesterday for Art Basel. Last week, I pulled up to the pickup area to grab my boys after...
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Stuart Sheldon
Sep 25, 20143 min read
My Dinner With James Taylor
I once sat next to James Taylor for dinner at the home of a close friend who was dating Taylor’s daughter. Taylor is one of my musical...
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Stuart Sheldon
Sep 11, 20143 min read
Seeing Grover Norquist Naked
I have longed for years to punch Grover Norquist in his bullying, doughy, self-righteous face. HOWEVER, even though...
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Stuart Sheldon
Aug 21, 20143 min read
An Homage to Women, Wives and Mothers
My eldest stepped out of the car yesterday in a brand new lemon-yellow school shirt and khaki shorts, holding a bag full of pencils,...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jul 29, 20143 min read
Your Final 8 Minutes
“But, you’re gonna die soon, Daddy,” said my 4-yo, through the beginning of tears. “I don’t want you to die,” he continued. I rubbed his...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jul 23, 20142 min read
One Small Dream That Came True
You’re on a beach, beneath a coconut palm, sipping a cold juice, as you watch the antics of a pudgy naked baby digging in the sand and...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jul 8, 20142 min read
Not a Touching Story
The little girl kept doing it … marching straight to the front, skipping everyone in line and going down the water slide. After the 3rd...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jun 11, 20143 min read
What Do You Hide From Your Kids?
“Did you ever get divorced?” 6-yo Kai recently asked my wife, as we three sat on the couch munching white-cheddar popcorn. “No, that was...
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Stuart Sheldon
May 29, 20143 min read
Are You Needed?
Dusk Falls on Dan’s Delicious, acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 48″, 2002, Stuart Sheldon Helplessness happens. We are born completely powerless...
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Stuart Sheldon
May 14, 20143 min read
Are Your Nipples Magic?
“Daddy, do babies have tiny nipples?” my 4-yo, Bodhi, asked me, lounging in a fresh pair of PJs. “Yes,” I answered from the couch,...
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Stuart Sheldon
May 8, 20143 min read
Did Your Parents Make Your Soul at Conception?
Do your parents construct your soul at that climactic moment? Or does it pre-exist, only to be reactivated in that surge of...
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Stuart Sheldon
Apr 30, 20143 min read
Speak To Me In Your Dreams, I Am Listening
Goodbye Old Friend, 20″X23″ Acrylic, paper, antique book pages and cardboard on panel with original poetry, 2005, Stuart Sheldon “Speak...
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Stuart Sheldon
Apr 23, 20143 min read
Steal Your Inspiration
Inspiration arrives when she damn well pleases, and when she does show her elusive face, you grab her by both cheeks and French kiss that...
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Stuart Sheldon
Apr 8, 20142 min read
NO … You DIDN’T
Last week, my 6 yr-old frolicked in a large pool with a couple 9-yr old girls he befriended at a family resort we hit with my mother,...
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Stuart Sheldon
Mar 26, 20143 min read
Eating Carrots With Allen Ginsberg
I once sat under a large sycamore tree with the poet Allen Ginsberg and a small cluster of his students. He was thick around the middle...
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Stuart Sheldon
Mar 12, 20143 min read
When No One is Looking
The small acts of service nobody sees define your character. When someone gets a “good feeling” about you, this selflessness is one of...
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Stuart Sheldon
Mar 6, 20143 min read
Let It Go
My wife does not hold onto anger or disappointment. It is one of the steel rods that form her character. Had she held grudges, our...
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Stuart Sheldon
Feb 12, 20142 min read
How To Avoid Regret
As a palliative care nurse, Bronnie Ware, spent time at the bedsides of patients who went home to die. In the last days of their existenc...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jan 23, 20143 min read
How To Give and Receive Worthwhile Feedback
“You’re amazing. I loved it. Wouldn’t change a thing!” Unless you’re talking to Stevie Wonder, this is not legitimate feedback. It’s...
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Stuart Sheldon
Jan 1, 20142 min read
Is 13 Unlucky?
“Why is there no 13th floor on that building?” my 5-yr-old son asked, his head tilted back. Sure enough, spray-painted on the side of the...
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