[vistavision]

[seaymph]

bon-aventures:

L’Éclipse du Soleil en Pleine Lune | 1907

[cider]

Sylvia Plath Letter to her mother 24 February 1956

[seaymph]

“dalliance”

— (noun) As one of the most beautiful words in the English dictionary, dalliance is defined as a brief love affair, a flirtation or a fleeting love. A dalliance also has connotations of amorous toying, example flirting without mindfulness and stringing a person along. Inevitably, Gatsby’s ephemeral relationship with Daisy in The Great Gatsby comes forth in our mind. Though the word dalliance is delicately beautiful, its meaning is quite bittersweet; Daisy’s selfish, coquettish nature led to Gatsby’s demise. What we have learned is that a dalliance with the presence of unrequited love is lethal.  (via wordsnquotes)

[toytheatre]

Hunter from the House of Autumn & Winter’s Eldest Daughter by Stephanie Blythe 

[l1quorlips]

[inthedarktrees]

Mae Clarke in Frankenstein (1931)

[typewriterjazz]

“Today on the way home it snows. Big soft caressing flakes fall onto our skin like cold moths; the air fills with feathers.”

— Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye 

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening Dress

c. 1944

by Mainbocher, United States

Chicago Historical Society

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[marypickfords]

Murder at the Vanities (Mitchell Leisen, 1934)

[pinkblanc]

Ilo Hiller, The White-Tailed Deer, 1996

[thepaintedchateau]

...let an end become a beginning...

[the1920sinpictures]

1920s Two wired headbands, the first in beaded black tulle studded with rhinestones; the second with "pearl" beads, leaves and stars, c.1930. From Kerry Taylor Auctions.

[majestativa]

Mirrored in the dark waters below, Narcissa-like. […] A portrait of a female lover.

— Alyce Mahon, Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism, (2009)

[the-lily-maid-of-astolat]

“Tormenting, haunting, bewitching.”

— Paul Valéry, tr. by Hilary Corke, from “Mixture,” wr. c. August 1920

[mermaidenmystic]

L'Aube des cygnes (Daybreak ‘midst the swans) ~ circa 1908 ~ Jean-Francis Auburtin (French, 1866-1930)

[barcarole]

The Paris Opera Ballet School in 1976, by Guy Le Querrec.