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XXIX. A Girl, A Taxi, A City.
Always arriving, never settled, she travels the city streets in a taxi, tracing the blur of lights and lives, searching for belonging in a world that pays her no mind.
Charlene Iris
Nov 23, 20257 min read


XXVII. Etiquette For Erasure.
“I spent the morning destroying evidence” the world mistook it for care. What else have we perfected, besides vanishing beautifully?
Charlene Iris
Oct 20, 20251 min read


XXVI. Secondhand Fun.
In a stadium of light and noise, one fig tries to learn the language of joy. A meditation on performance, alienation, and the small tragedy of trying to belong.
Charlene Iris
Oct 6, 20254 min read


XXV. The Men Who Built the Sky.
"They didn’t save me. Not in the way that word is usually meant. But they gave me back the morning. A reason to pull the blinds. To let the light in."
Charlene Iris
Aug 7, 20255 min read


XXIV. The Ethics of Play (Our Kingdom of Sugar & Sand).
For anyone who built castles from couch cushions, ruled kingdoms in glitter shoes, or heard secrets in puddles, this is for you. A call to play again with wonder in your pocket and dirt on your knees. Step into this realm where the sky is candy and the worms are wise.
Charlene Iris
Jul 31, 20252 min read


XXIII. To Old Friends, Part II: Love, Let Go.
A bouquet split in half. A bee whispers at the edge of goodbye. Petals fall into dinner, and still, she leaves gently, like something wild remembering how to bloom.
Charlene Iris
Jul 29, 20253 min read


XXI. I Am Not What You See.
To be watched is not the same as being seen.
A piece about visibility, misunderstanding, and the deliberate rebellion of withholding yourself.
Charlene Iris
Jul 23, 20253 min read


XIX. Things I Don't Understand: "Keys"(Part II).
I’ve never quite understood keys.
Or how something so small can decide if you’re allowed back in.
In "Keys", part of the "Things I Don’t Understand" series, I try to unlock a door.
The door has thoughts.
The key has memory.
And apparently, I have something to answer for.
Charlene Iris
Jul 12, 20254 min read


VIII. World’s Okayest Prophet.
Between obscurity and brilliance lies a quiet tension: a standoff between doubt and reverence. This piece explores the messy, human grind behind genius, one voice note about pigeons at a time.
Charlene Iris
Apr 10, 20253 min read


III. Working the Loop.
A restless loop of almosts and stills: the raw pulse of becoming
Charlene Iris
Apr 2, 20251 min read


II. Redefining Success.
A post about redefining success. Trading the pursuit of approval for quiet fulfillment, presence over performance, and being enough.
Charlene Iris
Mar 30, 20253 min read
Musings
Wander through the dusk-lit rooms of SomEpiphany.
A living archive: the tender, the tangled, the mildly ridiculous. Fragments of life that insisted on being remembered.
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