Writing

The archive, newest first.


  • 28 Jul 2026

    The weight of a line

    A rule set at one pixel reads as a boundary; at three it reads as a decision. Where that threshold sits, and why it moves with the ground behind it.

  • 09 Jul 2026

    Grain against gloss

    Two surfaces that disagree do more work than two that match. Notes from a week spent photographing the same object on eleven grounds.

  • 22 Jun 2026

    Notes on a quiet palette

    Restraint is not the absence of colour. It is the discipline of spending it in one place and living with the consequence everywhere else.

  • 03 Jun 2026

    The first draft of a grid

    Every grid starts as an argument about what is allowed to touch. This one lost the argument twice before it held.

  • 19 May 2026

    A shorter word for it

    Naming a thing badly costs more than leaving it unnamed. Six labels that were wrong for a year, and the one that finally was not.

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