Eye Contact
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The eye has always been more than anatomy.
Across cultures, it’s a symbol of clarity, truth, power, presence.
It sees — but it also says: I’m here.
From Ancient Egypt to Classical Greece, the eye appears again and again. Carved, painted, worn — a sign of protection or knowledge. The evil eye became shorthand for energy you’d rather avoid. The third eye, a metaphor for insight. Eyes became windows to the soul.
And then there’s the iris.
The coloured ring that gives each eye its identity — unique, layered, impossible to replicate. That’s where the Iridian Band finds its name. Not from spectacle, but from the quiet symbolism of individuality. Of seeing — and being seen.
The iris — that ring of colour — is what sets one gaze apart from another. It’s deeply personal. Nearly impossible to duplicate. For centuries, it has represented divinity, intuition, memory. In Renaissance portraiture, it signified status and intimacy. In folklore, it was said to hold spells, secrets — even souls.
Even now, we try to decode what eyes communicate.To read between the lines of a glance.
That’s what makes the gaze enduring — not its function, but its presence. It watches.
And it means something, even when it says nothing at all.
That’s what Iridian is all about.
~M