About us - Florian

Since I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by flight. I admired birds, planes, and rockets -> anything that could rise above the ground. Flying felt like freedom, lightness, and perspective. Maybe because in contrast, life sometimes felt heavy.

I noticed it during holidays too: the stress of packing, border control, early mornings… all that pressure. But the moment the plane takes off, when you finally let go of the ground, there’s a shift. You feel light again. Flying became my metaphor for living with ease: you cannot take off unless you let go.

During my studies, especially in the long Covid lockdowns, I realized how often we live without that lightness. Locked in my room, life felt heavy. My health and mood declined. That’s when I discovered something powerful: light. In a course on multisensory experience, I learned how profoundly light shapes our environment, our emotions, and our well-being. Artists like Olafur Eliasson showed me that light can transform a space, and us with it.

“Changing the world means changing the way we experience the world” - Olafur

That realization stuck. I understood that to be at my best, I needed to feel my best. And light was at the core of that truth. Without it, we work against ourselves. With it, we shine.

That’s why I started OPAL: to bring back that sense of lightness and possibility, so that you, too, can feel your best - and help others shine in return.