Pick a question
You don't need all of them. You need one.
A tiny research project is four things: a question you care about, a way of noticing, a record, and an end date. It runs for a while, and then it stops. It does not have to be useful — it is better if it is not.
Filter by the kind of attention a question asks for, or by how long you want to give it. Open one to read it properly, then start it. If none of them is your question, write your own at the bottom.
Process Studies
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One Loaf, One Variable
What is actually doing the work?
Bake the same loaf every week. Change exactly one thing each time. Photograph the crumb.
10 weeks · photographs and notes
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One Corner, One Hour, One Season
What is the light doing while I'm busy?
Photograph the same corner of the same room at the same hour every day for a season. Never move the frame.
12 weeks · photographs