If you know of my good old blog of silent films, you can rest assured that it still exists and it will always do. Silent Beauties blog on silent films has always brought me lots of joy and I would never voluntarily end it. If you want to take a look at my dear, sweet blog, here is the link: https://silentbeauties.blogspot.com/

Nevertheless, time passed and I have felt the need of writing about other stuff, my interests – including, but not limited to, arts – life in general, random thoughts. Sure, I could definitely include those things in my blog, but I love the format of Silent Beauties blogger as it is and I do not want to change anything there, especially the focus on silent films. Another point is that I have missed the fact of expressing myself out of social medias, where I can write without time or space constraints, where the amount of followers is not important, but the quality of the community that is created. A place that isn’t easily bought by anyone with ulterior motives and that I can control more closely is advisable. And here I am.

We had in the last year the example of Twitter being taken over by problematic ideals and we witnessed the sudden death of a social media. Maybe it is the first time it happens this way, as what happened before was specific social medias losing relevance as time passed, but social media being bought and “killed” the way it was is something unprecedented. It shows that social media is great, but much more fragile than we can imagine. This is something we can already understand, but was unimaginable until a short time ago.

It is great that as time passes, I have had the intellectual urge of knowing about other subjects. It means I will never run short of hobbies. No matter the era or if people are rich or poor, the way they live, the cultural production of the world is always full of cultural opportunities and even common citizens can often have so many interesting things to say. The idea of writing on web site, which provides me a greater degree of control, makes things very exciting and I cannot wait to be here more and more, sharing my impressions of things.

At least initially, I intend to write small texts about topics of my interest. It includes silent films, which is an old passion of mine, but there will also be other things. The size of the posts will probably be no different from the posts of micro blogging applications (Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon and all of them), but longer texts may also appear. Basically, I consider this site as a blank canvas where I can paint a portrait of my interests. As long as I do not insult anyone, there is no rule about size, subject or frequency of posts.

You may think that in the current world there are many problems, but there are great things too. The expansion of social media is giving room for people to be creative without necessarily having to spend money for that. The fact that communication has been easier to unprecedented levels has had a huge impact over our era and, if we have the wish to join this revolution and get our message across, we should definitely do it. The fact that we can research about so many subjects is wonderful and I never take it for granted.

There is always some insecurity involved in launching a writing project, especially because writing is something that we develop and improve all the time. But when we are too perfectionist, it ends up preventing us from doing things because we never think our texts are good enough. Therefore, I always find it good to write without many string attached. The point is recording our feelings and the moment, sharing it with others and anything else is often a mere waste of time. We all have the need to express ourselves according to our truths and beliefs and going for it just makes our lives better.

I am really grateful to everyone who has followed my adventures on line, regardless of media. Without having so many cool friends around, nothing would make sense. In the end of the way, we may become social nomads, the places where we connect may end, but what truly makes a difference is the friends we make. We have all this technology at our reach, but the human brain has not changed too much throughout history. We are social beings, we long for connection, understanding and kindness. And I have always had it all on line, thanks to everyone who has been in this on line journey with me. I hope you all feel comfortable, accepted and welcome in this space too.