This is the first post on my website, and it feels right to begin by sharing a bit of the story behind it. Dance of Dawn may be new in its current form, but the idea actually began many years ago.
As a child, I was endlessly curious about the world around me. I spent a lot of time outside, exploring nature and observing small details that others might easily overlook. I remember catching frogs and watching them closely, wondering how they moved and how everything in nature seemed connected. I was always trying to understand how things worked. Looking back, that sense of curiosity has been a constant thread throughout my life.
When I was around twelve years old, I began to feel that school was not challenging me enough. Instead of waiting for that to change, I started teaching myself how to code. I discovered HTML, CSS, and later PHP. While learning, I was building my own website from scratch. I created the layout myself and experimented with different ideas. In the beginning it was very playful — the layouts were literally made in Microsoft Paint. Making an image clickable. It was a process of trial and error, curiosity, and learning by doing.
Over the years the website slowly became more polished. I kept refining it, changing things, trying new ideas, and learning more about how websites worked. It became a creative space where I could experiment and build something of my own. But as I grew older, life gradually shifted in other directions. Around the age of eighteen I stopped working on the site. University, studying, and everything that comes with that period of life started to take more of my attention. Without really deciding to stop, the website simply faded into the background.
Now, many years later, I feel the pull to return to it. Reviving Dance of Dawn feels less like starting something new and more like reconnecting with a part of myself that has always been there. The same curiosity that once led me to explore nature and teach myself how to code is still present today.
With this website, I want to create a space where that curiosity and creativity can live again. A place where I can share photography, thoughts, ideas, and small moments of inspiration that I encounter along the way.
The name Dance of Dawn reflects two things that inspire me. One is my love for dance — movement, rhythm, and expression. The other is my fascination with light, especially the soft light of early morning or the golden glow just before sunset. Those moments when the world seems a little quieter and the light transforms everything it touches.
In a way, Dance of Dawn is both a return and a beginning.