27/05/2025
Laura, here. How about a little reintroduction? 😎
I'm not great with social media...I'd rather be writing and designing than keeping up with what's the latest algorithm or viewable trend. 😂 I'm from Colorado but currently live in Missouri. Our home has a stunning view of Table Rock Lake, on which I love to kayak. 🛶
I started Paola Lane Magazine in early 2022, and I've found my calling! 🥰 It's everything my heart hungers for...it's an exploration of life, finding wisdom in the little things, and allowing nature and experiences to reveal more profound spiritual truths, with the help of the Holy Spirit. I see God revealing Himself in everything, and it makes life so interesting!
Within the last 3 years, I've learned the value of CREATIVE REST. Plus, I love art and creators of every sort!
I challenged myself to learn how to paint during the design of Issue No. 6. Since then, I've fallen in love with painting, especially watercolor.🎨 And this week, I picked up charcoal for the first time (I'm thinking charcoal sketching might quickly overtake the watercolors! 😂 👩🎨 ).
When I started publishing, I had zero experience, but I learned to observe and learn. With each edition of the magazine, I increase my skill as a writer and designer.
I've chosen to create this magazine (really, it's bookazine!) and continue doing so, not to prove or specifically achieve anything, but as a way to express... LIVING. ←🦋 I do it as a way to share the intrigue and beauty of life and how God (Yahweh) masterfully reveals Himself in it all (and because I have this insatiable urge to share everything I discover and learn 😂).
Writing, designing, creating...this magazine is my sculpture, my canvas, my worship and expression of my love of Adonai from a place of realness. I became tired of the religious cloak of perfection I'd been wearing my entire life; it was exhausting. Instead, I set out on a journey to rediscover God, myself, what intimacy and being His friend looked like, and the beauty of LIVING—and I'm compelled to share it with others.