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welcome, wanderer.
This space is not linear. It flows — between languages, between formats, between forms of feeling. Some entries are poems. Others are observations. Some feel personal. Others sound like essays, or voice memos that got typed.
If you’re here, maybe you’re curious. This page is a guide to where you might wander so you won’t get lost—and even if you do, I hope it’s the good kind of lost. :)
I write mostly in English, but sometimes in Bahasa Indonesia. If Indonesian isn't your first language, or if you're curious to read those pieces in English, feel free to explore my Medium. I publish full-English adaptations of selected Substack essays there—not direct translations, but reimagined and expanded for a wider context. All articles are open access. Let’s talk and exchange thoughts! :)
Quick Nav :
→ [DISSECT] — scent, language, science, philosophy
→ [APERTURE] — culture & media observations
→ [LINGER] — poetry & prose
→ [INTERLUDE] — journals & personal notes
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[DISSECT]
essays and reflections on scent, language, and science. or everything else.
This is the main section of Runni’s Scented Memoirs.
Written mostly in Bahasa Indonesia, sometimes in English.
You will find my personal and cross-disciplinary thoughts.
[APERTURE]
observations on culture through light and shadow.
Written sometimes in Bahasa Indonesia, sometimes in English.
You will find my takes on anime, manhwa, music, and media. Some pieces are casual. Some are critical. All of them filtered through my own lens.
[LINGER]
poems, prose, and words suspended between clarity and confusion.
Here, I write slowly. In fragments, in repetitions, in unresolved feelings.
Written mostly in English.
You will find poetry, poetic prose, inner monologues, and scattered thoughts.
[INTERLUDE]
musings, memories, and everyday stillness.
Sometimes a journal.
Written mostly in Bahasa Indonesia, sometimes in English.
You will find personal writings, notes from daily life, light-hearted moments, and heavier ones too.
about the sections
I don’t believe in rigid categories. These sections aren’t walls. They’re just ways to keep the archive neat. You can stay in one, move between them, or read without needing to name what it is you’re reading.
about the language
This space moves between English and Indonesian.
Each piece stays in the language it arrived in.
You are welcome to read across or stay where you’re most at home.