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elle • she / her • 23 • dilettante gifmaker • film, photography, art, poetry—plus everything vintage, gothic, and macabre • part-time silent-era enthusiast • letterboxd • now tracking #userliminal

[apoemaday]

The Witch in the Grass

by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

“My mother says I must not pass           Too near that glass; She is afraid that I will see A little witch that looks like me, With a red, red mouth, to whisper low The very thing I should not know!”   Alack for all your mother’s care!           A bird of the air, A wistful wind, or (I suppose Sent by some hapless boy) a rose With breath too sweet, will whisper low The very thing you should not know!

[classicalcanvas]

Fairies by the Brook (1895) by Max Pirner

[toiich]

Chile by John Swope, 1939

[monstrous-femme]

as a regular donor to Gaza Soup Kitchen I get their email updates, and they said today that while they've continued to be able to expand, donations are slowing down as Gaza gets less coverage. If you have a few dollars to spare, I encourage you to send them here to continue the amazing work that Hani and his team are doing.

[hyunpic]

“global birth rates are declining”…… yeah and so are the reblog rates on tumblr.com too, so what now

[thepunkpanther]

Peau d'âne (1970) dir. Jacques Demy

[dietrichmarlene]

Marlene Dietrich photographed by Mercedes de Acosta, 1930s

[davidhudson]

Daphne Du Maurier, May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989.

[demoncity]

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPIRITED AWAY Released on July 20th, 2001 in Japan

[heistcinema]

Point Break (1991) dir. Kathryn Bigelow — released 35 years ago on July 12, 1991

[greengableslover]

ANNIHILATION (2018) dir. Alex Garland

[wulfhalls]

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.  Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new  life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!    

Star Trek: The Original Series

[lady-of-the-harbour]

I’ll remember everything — the sound of your voice… your worried looks… the warmth of your arms around me… the touch of your lips.

I MARRIED A WITCH — 1942, dir. René Clair

[lady-of-the-harbour]

EXCALIBUR — 1981, dir. John Boorman

[catball]

all my haters become cicaders when i enter the summer of success

[weepingwidar]

Johannes Seluga (German, 1998) - Der Tierbändiger (The Animal Tamer) (2023)

[apoemaday]

Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower

by Rainer Maria Rilke tr. Joanna Macy

Quiet friend who has come so far,

feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring,

what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of pain? If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.

In this uncontainable night, be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses, the meaning discovered there.

And if the world has ceased to hear you, say to the silent earth: I flow. To the rushing water, speak: I am.