How the media library works

I've received a number of questions as to how the media library part of this blog works, and I figure it's worth a bit of time to explain — even though there frankly is not that much to explain. The soul of the thing is that each media item is a markdown file, just like the posts themselves. Here, for example, is a recent one, for Jay Kelly: --- title: Jay Kelly type: Movie date: 2026-06-30 rating: 5 year: 2025 director: Noah Baumbach status: Finished image: jay-kelly.jpg tags: - movie colorSortKey: [0, 22, 0] --- > I was young. I wanted something very badly and I was afraid that if I took my eye off it, I wouldn't have it. And I was right. There was no other way to do it. And it meant choosing it over you. But it was always meant to be temporary. Just until I got what I wanted... But then I had to keep it. I am reminded of the other recent George Clooney vehicle, <a href="/posts/wolfs.html">Wolfs</a>: this is self-indulgent in one dimension, and its merits are almost entirely carried…