Notes by Alexis
Film, objects, and ideas — an antidote to brain rot.
New notes and, soon, a longer letter by email. No algorithm, no noise.
For two centuries, women in Paris and London ran rooms where people came to talk about books, art, and the questions of the day. Not to perform, but to think out loud together. This little site is my attempt at a modern version: short notes, slow attention, and eventually, real evenings in real rooms.
A shot that refuses to cut asks something of you: stay. Lately I've been collecting films that make that request and noticing how differently I watch when I don't have a phone in my hand.
Found a Victorian lap desk at an estate sale: ink stains, a hidden drawer, someone's initials scratched under the lid. Objects like this hold the habits of the people who used them. More on what I learned about it soon.
I'm Alexis, a filmmaker and collector of old things and good ideas. The Salonnière is named for the women who hosted the salons of France and Victorian England, the hostesses who decided that conversation was an art worth practicing.
Here you'll find short notes on film, art and antiques, and the intellectual and philosophical movements I can't stop reading about. Everything here is meant to be read slowly.
Find me on Instagram at @alexisiswrite.
Coming soon: small, private evenings for women. A presentation, a conversation, good company. Subscribe above to hear first when invitations open.