Stuart Sheldon
It’s Such a Perfect Day*
Behold the Perfect Moment / Perfect Family / Perfect Life* In this recent photo, a gorgeous family camps on a faraway beach in paradise,...
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Stuart Sheldon
- Dec 14, 2016
- 3 min
Anger Issues?
“What are anger issues, Daddy?” My ever-perceptive 6-yr-old asked me this on the ride to school a few days ago, having somehow heard the...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 27, 2016
- 2 min
The Little Prince and the Big Boss
“Prince was no taller than me, yet he was larger than life. He had his own style,” my 5’2″ wife told our boys on the drive to school last...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jan 12, 2016
- 3 min
Let’s Dance!
“So, what do you do,” an attractive woman asked me at a party in Colorado years ago. “I’m a filmmaker,” I said, taking a swig of Fat...
Stuart Sheldon
- Sep 24, 2015
- 2 min
Share Everything
Since I was a boy, I’ve dreamt all my friends would buy houses in cool places, and we’d ultimately just share one big,...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 9, 2015
- 2 min
The Tyranny of a Blank Canvas
To Begin, Begin. Wordsworth Few things intimidate us like a blank slate waiting for what one of my writing heroes,...
Stuart Sheldon
- Feb 24, 2015
- 3 min
You Are Mistaken, And That’s OK
“Even monkeys fall from trees.” Chris Bradford, The Ring of Earth. No way, I thought to myself the moment my brush, wet with polymer...
Stuart Sheldon
- Oct 20, 2014
- 3 min
How To Get Into My Pants
Eight Years in the Studio, Work Pants, Acylic and paper on cardboard, Old window, 2014, Stuart Sheldon We all wear uniforms that hold our...
Stuart Sheldon
- Oct 8, 2014
- 2 min
Be Amazed
“Everyone has two lives. The second one begins when you realize you have only one.” Steven Sotloff. She Gets It. I wish everyone...
Stuart Sheldon
- Sep 19, 2013
- 3 min
How To Disappear
We all need to escape our lives and disconnect every now and then. Change the scenery and the pace. The color blue alone made it all...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 27, 2013
- 1 min
The Insanity and Humanity of Vanity
Stop waiting to see who watches No one watches At least not for long Everyone’s far too busy Looking in mirrors of their own ~ image...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 17, 2013
- 2 min
A Sneeze Between the Knees
“A Sneeze Between the Knees. That is an orgasm!” My college sex ed teacher opened her very first lecture with that jewel. Best...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 13, 2013
- 3 min
How To Divorce
Stuart Sheldon, Mother’s Day, Acrylic, Chinese funeral paper on panel, 24″x24″, 2004 I got divorced a long time ago. The short story is...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 25, 2013
- 2 min
Shut The Front Door!
I waited alone to be seated in a Thai restaurant on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall. In front of me a beefy frat boy and his...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 16, 2013
- 2 min
Too Much Stuff
I currently live in a 2600 square foot home that I consider a mansion after five years on a 928 sf Sausalito houseboat. Mind you, I’ll...
Stuart Sheldon
- Mar 26, 2013
- 2 min
Cupcakes
Stuart Sheldon, Whirled Wide Whimsy, typewriter on paper, collage, poetry, 11-1/2″x8-1/4″, 2003 We embarked on a proper family brunch...
Stuart Sheldon
- Mar 21, 2013
- 2 min
Hacked … Smacked … Shellacked!
I’m driving along two sunny Sunday’s ago, blasting Ramblin Man, when my wife calls. Confusion tints her voice. “What’s up with this poem...
Stuart Sheldon
- Feb 5, 2013
- 2 min
“I Don’t Know How to Look at Art”
Inside the Mind of Picasso, acrylic, oil crayon and resin on wood, 24″x24″, 2003 There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jan 29, 2013
- 2 min
My Mother Was a Beauty Queen
This is My Mom!! My mother was a 1950’s beauty queen. I have a photo to prove it. She kneels atop a real live tortoise. Beneath a palm....
Stuart Sheldon
- Oct 29, 2012
- 1 min
My Son Cinderella
Twitter exchange with one of my favorite authors last week: Me: Last Halloween my 3yo boy rocked Cinderella. This yr its Batman. I kinda...
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