Confessions of a Crafty Crone

A Life of Alchemy Ponderings of a creative soul traveling the roads of life by  Corrine Bayraktaroglu aka Jafabrit I keep reading that blogs are making a comeback, but I'm not convinced, nor do I feel it will make much difference for me or my little corner of the blogosphere. Read Notation at the bottom.  Right now, people seem trapped in an endless scroll of reels: AI-generated content, doom scrolling, badly rewritten versions of history garnered from social media rather than solidly researched articles,  fake images, algorithm-driven outrage, influencers and carefully or orchestrated/ performative displays altruism or indignation.  If authenticity is truly what people crave, it certainly doesn't show in the collective culture of social media.  That said, sure I still enjoy social media, but I find myself stepping back as ai fakery increases and the intrusion of ads become  so intrusive and disrupting I lose the plot. Quiet Pursuits and Authenticity Photog...