Week Four: May 21

Soft.  Warm.  Rough.  Splintery.  Smooth.  Delicate.  When I say these descriptive words what images come to your mind?  It's amazing how one word can bring up a whole slew of images: from the negative to the positive.  Yet at the heart of these words, and images is texture.

Texture is an impressive thing. Texture helps us to see the innermost structure of an object or food: the filaments that help to make it up.  Texture helps us form a clear mental picture of an object or the particular way a food tastes when we describe it.  For instance the way that grass feels when walked on with bare feet. How warm my favorite knitted scarf is on a cold winter night.  Or the delicate silkiness of a flower in bloom.  The slippery glistening effect of bubbles floating on the air. The smooth shininess of pearls.  The composition of bark on trees.  And the delicate sweetness of freshly made crepes.

And as you’ve probably already guessed this week’s photos revolves around textures.

                                                                                               Lush n Tender

                                                                                                              Wooly n Soft

                                                                                                             Waxy n Silky

                                                                                                 Shiny n Shimmery

                                                                                                         Shiny n Smooth

                                                                                         Rough n Splintery

                                                                                                       Delicate n Sweet