poisonous pulchritude

The Pulchritude of Cats

mattutino:

being a better person with a cat

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oldhollywood:

Jean Cocteau (self-portrait, 1954) (via)

“Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort, the trifling feeling of escape experienced at a masked ball. He distances himself from that which he feels and sees. He invents. He transfigures. He mythifies…

Journalists know this, or at least sense it. The inaccuracies of the press, and the banner headlines by which they are trumpeted, are soothing draughts to this thirst for the unreal. Accuracy is vexing to a crowd of would-be fantasizers. Hasn’t our age coined the term ‘escapism’, when in fact the only way to escape oneself is to allow oneself to be invaded?”

-excerpted from “On Invisibility,” Diary of an Unknown (1953)

vintagegal:

Audrey Hepburn and husband Mel Ferrer in the stage production of Ondine 1954

vintagegal:

Bettie Page

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burnedshoes:

© Friedrich Seidenstücker, ca. 1930, untitled, Berlin

Tomorrow afternoon I will leave work behind to visit the ‘Berlinische Galerie’ - the current exhibiton ‘Friedrich Seidenstücker - Photographs 1925-1958’ seems to be the perfect finale for a cold & foggy day in Berlin.

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lacontessa:

ihalfshut: Can-can. Dancers in a Paris cabaret by Jiru, Lilliput Magazine Jul-Dec 1939

retrogasm:

Kitty tell me a story about the good old days…

theconstantbuzz:

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party from “Alice in Wonderland” with Rosa Hersee as Alice and Arthur Elliot as the Hatter at the Opera Comique Theatre in London,  1898. © London Stereoscopic Company.

vortexofthings:

Village of the Damned 1960

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