<![CDATA[Kirenya: ⧉ Gallery]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/galleryhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qINI!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff19eb048-fe0d-478e-9730-9ca65ccd4a4b_1280x1280.pngKirenya: ⧉ Galleryhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/gallerySubstackThu, 30 Apr 2026 18:12:03 GMT<![CDATA[To Be Seen As One]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-to-be-seen-as-onehttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-to-be-seen-as-oneThu, 30 Apr 2026 15:49:06 GMTIn To Be Seen As One, Mabst and Makari explore the outer ceremony of personality and the inward reckoning of becoming known.
Crowns, mirrors, altars, titles, shadows, and offerings trace the rituals by which a self becomes visible enough to count.


Admitted Before the Body

Reputation crosses the threshold first; the body follows its own shadow into the room. A person in a dark coat stands just outside a doorway, looking into an elegant dim room where a tall shadowy figure and long shadow stretch across the floor ahead of them.

The Front of Myself

The fluent self steps forward, polished enough to be believed, practiced enough to speak for the rest. Alt text: A composed person in a dark suit stands in profile with hands in pockets. Behind them, a softer translucent version of the same person blends into a textured wall with muted floral imagery.

A Kingdom Made of Mirrors

The crown repeats itself until ambition becomes architecture. Alt text: A polished metal crown sits on a dark reflective floor, surrounded by fractured mirrors and mirror shards that multiply and distort its reflection.

The Self I Live / The Self I Am Known As

One self lives in breath and fabric; one self returns dressed in the language others understand. Alt text: A person in a loose cream garment stands before a tall mirror. The reflection shows the same person appearing more composed and formally dressed in a blazer. Wall text beside the mirror reads, “THE SELF I LIVE / THE SELF I AM KNOWN AS.”

Little Altars of Traits

A Figure Built from Offerings

A Face Made of Titles

Every label becomes a feature; every feature becomes evidence. Alt text: Mixed-media collage portrait of a woman’s face and bust constructed from torn paper, handwritten fragments, and labels with words such as “wise,” “kind,” “brilliant,” “deep,” “mature,” “generous,” “courageous,” and “rare,” set against a pale background.

Earlier, Possible, Public

The body stands still while earlier selves, possible selves, and public selves gather like soft witnesses around it. Alt text: A solitary person stands with eyes closed, surrounded by translucent layered silhouettes of themselves in different poses, against a hazy, luminous background.




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Kirenya is a creative studio weaving fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid works that move between dream, structure, and signal. Through multiple pen names, we explore layered meaning across stories, essays, and experimental dispatches.

]]><![CDATA[The Work Has Its Own Weather ]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-the-work-has-its-own-weatherhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-the-work-has-its-own-weatherTue, 28 Apr 2026 16:53:46 GMT


The Work Has Its Own Weather is a visual essay on the atmospheres that gather around making.

Across nine images, the weather of the work appears as light on the face, rain at a threshold, a controlled institutional climate, a wall of signals, a cosmic map, and a house of separate rooms.

The series treats creative practice as a field of pressure and recognition: sometimes intimate, sometimes dreamlike, sometimes bureaucratic, sometimes vast enough to feel like a world forming around the page.





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]]><![CDATA[Department of Managed Expression]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-department-of-managed-expressionhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-department-of-managed-expressionTue, 28 Apr 2026 14:44:07 GMT



Department of Managed Expression is a satirical visual essay about the institutional refinement of the self.

Across nine images, thought, grief, authenticity, originality, and expression pass through…

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]]><![CDATA[same words, different weather]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-white-field-studies-same-words-different-weatherhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-white-field-studies-same-words-different-weatherMon, 27 Apr 2026 15:41:58 GMT


the field softens first





the end that opens





This series began in a dream that felt like a working session. There were glossy white fields: single words, objects, and sometimes combinations, each presented like a message waiting to be read.

After waking, what stayed with me was a visual grammar: white surface, sharp contrast, isolated yet related presence, and the feeling that arrangement could change the room.

This first study uses six lowercase words — ease, peace, cease, release, receive, increase — as cards in a shifting sequence. The words remain the same, but their order changes the weather.



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]]><![CDATA[The Chapel of Loving Hatred]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-the-chapel-of-loving-hatredhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-the-chapel-of-loving-hatredFri, 24 Apr 2026 00:12:18 GMTThis gallery extends Studies in Loving Hatred as a still study in devotional form.
Heart, bloom, perfume, mirror, gate, and seal become ceremonial objects for tenderness, appetite, atmosphere, reflection, boundary, and reward.
Flowers, gold, porcelain, and polished light compose its beautiful surface, while each image holds a sharper interior close enough to be felt.

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]]><![CDATA[Velvet Stage, Ritual Body]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/velvet-stage-ritual-bodyhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/velvet-stage-ritual-bodySun, 19 Apr 2026 14:27:13 GMTThis grouping moves from arrival into embodiment. Bodies take on the grammar of performance here—posed, lit, ceremonial, half-stage and half-spell.

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]]><![CDATA[Shadow Roses]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-shadow-roseshttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-shadow-rosesThu, 16 Apr 2026 15:36:49 GMTThe rose, in its own shadow. A familiar form returned through ink, silhouette, surface, and light, asking what remains when color withdraws.

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]]><![CDATA[Veil, Cocoon, Apparition]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/veil-cocoon-apparitionhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/veil-cocoon-apparitionWed, 15 Apr 2026 14:10:41 GMTI wanted this one to blur the boundary between person, garment, symbol, and ghost. These images lean into drapery, suspension, fashion, apparition, and the slow transformation of form.

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]]><![CDATA[I See You]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/i-see-you-7a8https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/i-see-you-7a8Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:23:37 GMTPresence forming in dense gray atmosphere, seen from the side. An impression from a sequence received at the threshold of sleep.

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]]><![CDATA[I See You]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/i-see-youhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/i-see-youMon, 13 Apr 2026 02:15:42 GMTPresence forming in dense gray atmosphere, seen from the side. An impression from a sequence received at the threshold of sleep.




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]]><![CDATA[Enter the Tent]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/enter-the-tenthttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/enter-the-tentSat, 11 Apr 2026 18:03:11 GMTI wanted this opening set to feel like a strange invitation. These figures stand near tents, curtains, and weather-lit spaces where performance has already begun, and where mystery feels warmer than …

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]]><![CDATA[The Thinking Artist]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/the-thinking-artisthttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/the-thinking-artistTue, 31 Mar 2026 16:32:12 GMTThe Thinking Artist: Mind at Work gathers figures in the interior act of creation.
Each image holds a moment in which making is already underway, though the work itself remains unseen.
Across varied styles and moods, these portraits trace the many textures of artistic thought—gesture, atmosphere, concentration, pause, and pressure—as it moves toward form.

Head Full of Weather

Conceptual portrait of a dark side-profile filled with a large yellow cloud-like mass; a small seated figure on a yellow step ladder appears near rocks at the base.
A small seated figure rests beside a monumental profile as thought gathers like weather, rock, and light before becoming form.

Reaching for Form

Loose watercolor-style portrait of a standing person in a pale shirt, one hand at the chin, looking upward against a soft clouded sky.
The upward gaze suggests a search already underway, as if the mind is testing the shape of what wants to emerge.

Composing in Color

Brightly painted portrait of a bearded person in a blue shirt with hand at chin, rendered in bold blue, yellow, pink, and orange blocks.
Color serves as the first material here, with the artist holding an unseen work in the vivid interior of process.

Window Study

Portrait of a dark-haired person in a red top standing before large windows overlooking a bright coastal city or harbor.
Framed by the view beyond, the figure gathers the outer world as material for an inner composition.

Yellow Interval

Loose painting of a seated person in a yellow outfit at a café table, chin resting on one hand beside a glass of water.
A poised pause holds the work in suspension, giving the forming idea room to clarify.

Working in Public

Expressive café scene of a seated person in teal and orange tones leaning on one hand at a table, with blurred people in the background.
Within a shared room, the inward studio remains intact, carrying the work forward in quiet concentration.

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]]><![CDATA[Veils, Thresholds, and Unfinished Faces]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/veils-thresholds-and-unfinished-faceshttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/veils-thresholds-and-unfinished-facesSat, 28 Mar 2026 02:35:04 GMTThis set feels more intimate, interior, and psychologically charged.

Faces are obscured, touched, transformed, multiplied, or held just beyond recognition.

The body remains present, yet identity keep…

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]]><![CDATA[The Choreography of Many Selves]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/the-choreography-of-many-selveshttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/the-choreography-of-many-selvesFri, 27 Mar 2026 23:27:08 GMTThese images move like a chorus rather than a portrait.

Figures multiply, split, orbit, echo, and gather in water, as if identity is something performed in relation rather than held alone.

Across the…

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]]><![CDATA[Amend to Mend]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-amend-to-mendhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-amend-to-mendSat, 21 Mar 2026 20:42:35 GMTA narrator pauses at the lectern and rereads the sentence more carefully this time, with “principles” underlined and the revision strip neatly in place.

The wording grows cleaner, calmer, and easier to quote, while the machine behind the room continues its work without interruption.

The amendment repairs the bedtime story first; the structure waits quietly in the background.

A cardiganed narrator reads from a revised oversized picture book to a calm seated audience, while microphones, cameras, and a quiet machine stand behind folders labeled Definitions, Exceptions, and Follow On Modifications.
When the story wobbles, they tighten the font.



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Filed under: Guardrails: A Children’s Story & Mabst Shorts

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]]><![CDATA[Pacify & Ratify]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-pacify-and-ratifyhttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-pacify-and-ratifyFri, 20 Mar 2026 20:27:39 GMTA courtroom gavel rests on stone with a baby pacifier attached, beneath a framed sentence that trails into barbed wire.

The picture blends authority with soothing, suggesting a world where enforcement arrives wrapped in calm language and polished tone.

The public is pacified; the rule is ratified.

A pastel courtroom bench holds a gavel shaped partly like a pacifier, while a framed policy sentence behind it gradually turns into barbed wire.
Justice, in nursery colors.



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]]><![CDATA[Cage & Page]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-cage-and-pagehttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-cage-and-pageThu, 19 Mar 2026 20:13:43 GMTA blueprint titled “Framework for Protection” shows a carefully measured cage surrounded by gold stars, stickers, and classroom cheer.

The scene holds both registers at once: technical precision and childlike approval, engineering framed as kindness.

The design stays a cage, even when decorated into acceptability.

A blueprint labeled Framework for Protection depicts a cage with a lock, surrounded by cute stickers, drafting tools, and an approved stamp.
A cage with gold stars.



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]]><![CDATA[Clause & Cause]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-clause-and-causehttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-clause-and-causeWed, 18 Mar 2026 18:57:10 GMTA standing figure is wrapped in a paper suit made of contract pages, posed as though the document itself taught the body how to stand.

The scene treats agreement as clothing: formal, respectable, complete, and quietly restrictive.

The clauses do not only describe the posture; they produce it.

A mannequin-like figure is wrapped in cream-colored contract pages with embossed seals, forming a rigid paper straightjacket against a soft nursery-like background.
Dressed in terms.



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]]><![CDATA[Glass & Class]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-glass-and-class-2https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-glass-and-class-2Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:32:43 GMTFigures press their hands against a clear wall covered in cheerful language and friendly symbols.

The barrier looks benevolent because the vocabulary is benevolent, turning limitation into branding and separation into a promise.

The words move freely; the bodies do not.

People stand behind a glass wall covered with pastel decals reading Transparency, Choice, and Protection, pressing their hands against it.
A window dressed as a welcome.



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]]><![CDATA[Blanket & Packet]]>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-blanket-and-packethttps://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/gallery-guardrails-a-children-story-blanket-and-packetMon, 16 Mar 2026 17:56:22 GMTA bed sits on a drafting table under a blanket stitched with the word “AGREEMENT,” while a trapdoor opens beside it into darkness.

The scene pairs warmth with architecture: comfort on top, descent beneath, and a ladder waiting just out of the bedtime glow.

The language covers the opening; the opening remains.

A cozy bed with a blanket labeled AGREEMENT sits on a drafting table beside an open trapdoor with a ladder leading downward.
Tucked in above the drop.



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