Alicia posted a photo of textures on Substack in June and I made my own version for the summer.
A lot of what I share here begins as something small—just a few lines in a notebook that I don’t mean to turn into anything more. Most of it is just me trying to keep up with my own life, to catch something before it slips past unnoticed. Sometimes those entries stretch a little longer, and eventually they make their way here, still carrying that same quiet intention.
Autumn felt different in that way. I found myself paying attention to textures more than usual. The roughness of leaves as they dried out, the softness of worn sweaters pulled back into rotation, the way the light shifted and landed differently across familiar spaces. It gave me something to notice, something to return to throughout the days.
I think that’s part of what keeps me drawn to both photography and writing things down like this. Not to document everything perfectly, but to catch the subtle changes—the ones that don’t ask for attention but quietly shape a season. The way a room feels different in October than it does in August. The way routines soften or settle without you realizing it right away.
Paying attention to textures kept my eyes open in a way I didn’t expect. It made ordinary moments feel layered, almost like there was more to hold onto than I would have noticed otherwise. And now, looking back, it’s those small, tactile things that seem to define the season more than any single event.
Maybe that’s what I’m always trying to do when I write or take a photo—hold onto something that is already changing. Not in a way that stops it, but in a way that lets me return to it later and recognize it for what it was.