imaginary worlds of a reclusive free spiritTumblr (3.0; @literarytramp)http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4492bf5f4f5d190d3e492562c5ba9bb9/tumblr_mkdtzzbvuq1qh93c1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ialu.tumblr.com/post/46519189203">ialu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>yiqing yin haute couture s/s ‘13 (detail)</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035373797http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035373797Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:17 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e8245f592d3cc077227f54f6520bac35/tumblr_mhy8fh7K4L1qa4k0fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035125510http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035125510Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/48636c033bfad41445dfb3c67006230c/tumblr_ml9iixc9U01qh273jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://noshuns.tumblr.com/post/48496936428/this-is-what-i-wanna-be-when-i-grow-up">noshuns</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>this is what i wanna be when i grow up</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035072501http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035072501Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:37 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8581f1a7fa1c7c66ff24527501887cb6/tumblr_mjrin9SKYa1qzt6vjo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035002243http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51035002243Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a7eb75923453a22abf39a946fb327e0/tumblr_mmhb9q3ZEh1rz5qxqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://saveflowers1.tumblr.com/post/49928953284/art-by-n-c-wyeth-1922-cover-from-from-ladies">saveflowers1</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Art by N.C. Wyeth</strong> (1922) cover from from LADIES HOME JOURNAL magazine.</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034962895http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034962895Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d9ac98172dc0a9d36979e13462a70ad5/tumblr_mmi3c9coEk1qapwnoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leanan-sidhe.tumblr.com/post/49963158110/a-melanistic-serval">leanan-sidhe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A melanistic serval</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034899079http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034899079Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60eblLBXv1rohsdto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://valleyofstrangers.tumblr.com/post/25635491174/daphne-by-arthur-rackham">valleyofstrangers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Arthur Rackham, <em>Daphne</em>, illustration (1921) for John Milton’s <em>Comus</em></p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034874145http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034874145Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:15 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8ee4ece8129baf82992d71c21d58025/tumblr_mg648y6wAM1rfifdto1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><small><a href="http://the-fairestprincess.tumblr.com/tagged/mythology%20picspam">Mythology Picspam</a> <span>→</span> <strong>Brigid</strong></small></p> <p><em><small>Bride of the earth, sister of the faeries, daughter of the Tuatha de Danaan, keeper of the eternal flame. In autumn, the nights began to lengthen, and the days grew shorter, as the earth went to sleep. Now, Brighid stokes her fire, burning flames in the hearth, bringing light back to us once more. Winter is brief, but life is forever. Brighid makes it so.</small></em></p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034825970http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034825970Tue, 21 May 2013 20:28:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_marpdhkcub1qd81tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034788238http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034788238Tue, 21 May 2013 20:28:12 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64df677091cb5847d58c118924b52778/tumblr_mmw6aqz3qD1qf93swo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4650b877535078889ddc1835bae8c793/tumblr_mmw6aqz3qD1qf93swo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3bcd703a2fe807fa211bd0f4e61f9bc0/tumblr_mmw6aqz3qD1qf93swo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e750fc3ab8efc51f1f4571842a28cd8b/tumblr_mmw6aqz3qD1qf93swo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a85185a0ad431e0c335fd30905726924/tumblr_mmw6aqz3qD1qf93swo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/197af0e1cb38542bbd98b8d895b944da/tumblr_mmw6aqz3qD1qf93swo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oh-girl-among-the-roses.tumblr.com/post/50574493831">oh-girl-among-the-roses</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Secret Garden (1993)</em></p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034762340http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034762340Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:53 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f9934897c586e055471a3eca94fb6e91/tumblr_mmyd8e3Y6r1rpx9bqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034733270http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034733270Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2d978ba9907ef27463edbbe78733296/tumblr_mmt5e3pVa11qhttpto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f06593f4814c5ade490b375f22fef047/tumblr_mmt5e3pVa11qhttpto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46018b7fc60ab3193c50d1731e32f919/tumblr_mmt5e3pVa11qhttpto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofanimation.tumblr.com/post/50445939343/lorenzo-sangiovanni">theartofanimation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.behance.net/voltaic">Lorenzo Sangiovanni</a></p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034703958http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034703958Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:11 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3b4300657c4ea92283957fb91860de86/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79745ee403fe457c6bb3c5f49f05e860/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0ac8ffca6574e515145cc67d0d2da9f2/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d47e969d96c6116c04cc44b0543562a/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e35b98841f305c3f2bdb5351b75e4615/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/668997d355bc6161ca9393018c04df04/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo6_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2bac9a42a7411faa2fc9e98b9aada43c/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo7_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/39d8fe6a6b038f77175371831e18ee4d/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo8_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d48aa1430dc8cb9b55505a5eb447222/tumblr_mn0zdz9u2W1qapwnoo9_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leanan-sidhe.tumblr.com/post/50782008485/been-obsessed-with-the-practical-magic-book-of">leanan-sidhe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Been obsessed with the Practical Magic Book of Shadows today… so fantastic! [All images from <a href="http://www.amasveritas.com"><a href="http://www.amasveritas.com">http://www.amasveritas.com</a></a>]</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034667874http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034667874Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:44 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/56f837f88cec139c21ef88e26e3f4f61/tumblr_mlv8vwLePZ1qjehcpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://soyouthinkyoucansee.tumblr.com/post/50172949165/florence-small-the-bride-1900">soyouthinkyoucansee</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p> Florence Small</p> <p>The bride, 1900</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034634538http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034634538Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e68e24871dd77c877b7a6d8a7caf51b7/tumblr_mmfcu0Qws41rvg51io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pada-viya.tumblr.com/post/50741884388/the-animal-bride-or-bridegroom-in-folk-tales">pada-viya</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The Animal Bride or Bridegroom in folk tales represent the wild within each one of us. They represent the wild within our lovers and spouses, the part of them that we can never fully know. They represent the Others who live unfathomable lives right beside us — cat and mouse and coyote and owl; and the Others that live only in the dreams and nightmares of our imaginations. For thousands of years, their tales have emerged from the place where we draw the boundary lines between animals and human beings, the natural world and civilization, women and men, magic and illusion, fiction and the lives we live. Those lines are drawn in sand; they shift over time; and the stories are always changing…..”</p> <p>— from <a href="http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrMarriedToMagic.html">Married to Magic: Animal Brides and Bridegrooms in Folklore and Fantasy</a></p> </blockquote> <p></p>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034613316http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034613316Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a56b1f213eaacd61f67feb23a0552b93/tumblr_mn082rSQmL1r312weo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034586396http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034586396Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:44 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d5c97cf6b07b623210327a35d8398aa/tumblr_mllhxtgulK1r0bqbdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://historical-nonfiction.tumblr.com/post/51006438270/the-unbroken-seal-on-king-tuts-tomb">historical-nonfiction</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The unbroken seal on King Tut’s tomb.</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034569789http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/51034569789Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:33 -0500“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”<br/><br/> - <em>Neil Gaiman (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://seabois.tumblr.com/">seabois</a>)</em>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/50937520288http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/50937520288Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6yo4dKBiz1rv0nkao9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://silentstormshadow.tumblr.com/post/26923901163/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-exhibition">silentstormshadow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Alexander McQueen - “SAVAGE BEAUTY” {Exhibition} #3</strong></p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/50937442391http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/50937442391Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:02 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/379b37e344447dba4bdf080b85e9923a/tumblr_mmoc1dh1aO1qa9omho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dreams-of-beauty.tumblr.com/post/50770723542/magicalnaturetour-photo-by-cornell-gill-1957">dreams-of-beauty</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://magicalnaturetour.tumblr.com/post/50296410868">magicalnaturetour</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Photo by Cornell Gill 1957</p> </blockquote> <p>Awhhhh</p> </blockquote>http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/50937413771http://literarytramp.tumblr.com/post/50937413771Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:41 -0500