there was a time when i didn't understand why someone would want to 'add noise' to an image when as photographers, noise is a thing we're usually anxious to avoid.. but then i began using grain and texture a lot and found it became for me a very important & expressive tool to convey emotions and suggest the rawness of a feeling.. i guess like the brushstrokes of our thoughts and our hearts...

please feel free to add your work which uses texture to express emotion in this way :-)