I found that focussing on the textures Rishi and I filmed in Bowen street had me imagining the emotions that the different shapes and lines were making me feel, if I viewed them as metaphorical. This could be put to great use in our works, as we are exploring some very personal subject matter that differs for everyone; maybe if we were able to utilise texture to convey emotion through metaphor, our audience would feel more able to connect with the work as opposed to us presenting personal stories through dialogue and the like. We received great feedback for the footage that we shot, and although we did not really connect it back to the overall work in this group session, it was apparent from classmates’ reactions that the different textures shown had a similar effect on everyone. After a bumpy start, our next step forward will be to reconcile and pull together as a team. We have started to flesh out our ideas that we explored last week a lot more and have begun to think about the narratives we will use to provide context to the feelings we are experiencing. I find myself coming back to the Greek translation of nostalgia, nostalghia, in the Seremetakis reading from week three; it translates to grieving for the loss of the past, a place which you cannot return. Maybe we could explore the idea of coming back to grieve the past beyond the acceptance stage, as grief never truly ends in some cases.