09/12/2025
The Beginning of Something New
Iāve reached a place where I no longer want to live through a screen ā always scrolling, always consuming, always chasing the next fleeting moment online.
Instead, I want to create.
I want to breathe.
I want to pour my heart into something that feels real and rooted.
So this ā right here ā is where I begin again.
Over time I realised that social media had become my everything.
My portfolio.
My contact point.
My voice.
My community.
My thoughts in short, cropped squares.
All of my energy, all of my creative work, all of my eggs ā in one basket.
And that no longer feels aligned.
With the social media ban beginning for under 16s tomorrow, Iāve felt a deeper realisation settling in ā how fragile it feels to have everything rely on a platform I donāt own.
Something can change overnight, access can disappear, spaces can shift, rules can tighten ā and suddenly years of work, connection and creativity could sit behind a locked door.
This space is my way of building something secure, something mine, something that canāt be taken away.
A home Iām creating with my own hands, not borrowed land.
This website, and now this journal, is my way of stepping back into intention.
Of simplifying.
Of building a home for my work that belongs to me ā not rented space on a platform that moves too fast for depth.
Here, I can slow down.
I can write longer, think deeper, share fully.
I can place my art, my photography, my words, my offerings ā all in one place, gently held, not lost to an ever-moving feed.
In time, every offering I create will live here.
My prints.
My sessions.
My typewritten pieces.
My stories.
My journey.
Iāll share life and the people I photograph, the art Iām making and the things Iām learning as I move through this world with open eyes and a camera in my hands.
Soon, youāll be able to book sessions through here too ā but for now, this is simply the soft beginning.
A new rhythm.
A new space.
A new way of doing business and life ā slower, intentional, spacious.
A place to breathe and belong.
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