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41 OBSESSION STILL LIFE Arranging life in visual compositions is a soothing balm to our jumbled days. Create tableaux with talismans and objects, contrasting texture and harmonious hues. Ahhhh. PHOTOGRAPHY SAMANTHA JANE FOR SISTERBROTHER MGMT. ART DIRECTION AND STYLIST MICHELLE AVIÑA. ASSISTANT STYLIST CARLY DAVIS FOR SISTERBROTHER MGMT. FLOWERS MATT JOHNS. EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MEGHAN WEST, ASHLEY COLEY. PHOTOGRAPHED AT WEST STUDIOS, HOUSTON. Alexander McQueen fine-grain goatskin leather bag $1,790, at Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tootsies, net-a-porter.com. John Derian picture book $75, and brass picture-and-book stand $155, both at Kuhl-Linscomb. Handmade burl-walnut footed bowl $552, at Carl Moore Antiques. Gilt ceramic foot sculpture $295, at Moxie Interiors. Early-20th-century French botanical wood and plaster mushrooms from M Naeve. Flowers Matt Johns.