I’m an actress, a reader, a writer, a thinker. I hail from the glittering Northwest, but live in many states of mind. I believe in God. I find elegance in the details and hope on the page. Oh, and I never forget to laugh. All posted content belongs to the original authors/creators (not me) unless specifically attributed to myself. If you wish your content removed, let me know, and I will do so. I ask that you please give me credit if you reblog any of my writing.Tumblr (3.0; @cucumberwater)http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ggbfHZFf1r5fjo9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dante144.tumblr.com/post/49783886059/kingkai7-katsuhiro-otomo-akira" target="_blank">dante144</a></p>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53364099967http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53364099967Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:58:57 -0700katsuhiro otomoillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4fbd2b4a4a15d93be66aacead093a751/tumblr_mkwfgfhRdm1qcu8tmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53363466301http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53363466301Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:47:37 -0700placeartgallerymuseum<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c149642996c9c95f6e2cd9bd15be2784/tumblr_moiclhZU2w1qbyk5qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stilllifequickheart.tumblr.com/post/53358342107/fabian-jean-fur-elise-2013" target="_blank">stilllifequickheart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fabian Jean</p> <p><a href="http://debellefeuille.com/jean-fabian-2/" target="_blank">Fur Elise</a></p> <p>2013</p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53358889647http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53358889647Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:53 -0700artpaintingoilfabian jeanfur elisepianosolitary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7oxoiB4RR1qhdvf5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lejazzhot.tumblr.com/post/27945168285/74-100-photos-of-liza-minnelli" target="_blank">lejazzhot</a></p>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53358810991http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53358810991Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:14 -0700liza minnellijazzdanceperformerliza<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4961ebdf6bd0a7bcb893a73ab4829dd0/tumblr_mjj16mTToc1ruyokho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beisaurus.tumblr.com/post/45852513881/the-black-sea-at-night-ivan-aivazovsky-1879" target="_blank">beisaurus</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/ivan-aivazovsky/the-black-sea-at-night-1879#close" target="_blank">The Black Sea at Night</a></p> <p>- Ivan Aivazovsky, 1879</p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53358762814http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53358762814Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:15:10 -0700ivan aivazovskymoonlightseascapethe black sea at nightthe black seaartpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/962eb46a96926e6d41f36debac3346a9/tumblr_mnllwlaRxR1ruu90ro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/488884bf1757433616d75f7a59251299/tumblr_mnllwlaRxR1ruu90ro2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbcfac0628b7d700f3a85058350cb2af/tumblr_mnllwlaRxR1ruu90ro3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f948c45f41d5aa51d7f232b551735cfa/tumblr_mnllwlaRxR1ruu90ro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d009d13e2b999d5dcca1d0b5eff102a/tumblr_mnllwlaRxR1ruu90ro5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://midcenturymodernfreak.tumblr.com/post/51730080399/1957-c-speyer-winklers-concept-design-drawings" target="_blank">midcenturymodernfreak</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>1957 C. Speyer Winkler’s  Concept Design Drawings of Philco Televisions</p> <p><em><a href="http://www.wadictatv.com/winkler57.html" target="_blank">Via</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53332299763http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53332299763Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:21 -0700philcotelevisionsTVc. speyer winklerconcept artdrawings<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me7frxjVev1qh0381o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://typeverything.com/post/36740919704/typeverything-com-folklor-by-boglarka-nadi" target="_blank">typeverything</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Typeverything.com - Folklor by Boglárka Nádi.</p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53332266436http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53332266436Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:52 -0700typographytypebluewhitedetailfolklorboglarka nadiprintsymmetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mceyjxkPcy1qiwrzoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mceyjxkPcy1qiwrzoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mceyjxkPcy1qiwrzoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53332218157http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53332218157Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:09 -0700norma desmondsunset blvdfilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9e7t9DQt81qzdzano1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://turnofthecentury.tumblr.com/post/1197176430/poster-for-macbeth-by-william-shakespeare-at-his" target="_blank">turnofthecentury</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/67355-popup.html" target="_blank">Poster for ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare at His Majesty’s Theatre, London<br/>Colour lithograph - Illustration by Edmund Dulac - c. 1911</a></p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53312246263http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53312246263Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:22 -0700macbethshakespeareillustrationa drum a drum macbeth doth comeweird sistersedmund dulaclithographliteraturedrama<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8057a45a00521a1f187e786dd02f0765/tumblr_molxdx6Zhv1rph6wgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b9e40f686f6c672a012b790e88e87d68/tumblr_molxdx6Zhv1rph6wgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/980d27eb3eeb82d72bb3ca9519ca687e/tumblr_molxdx6Zhv1rph6wgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2af5fd7f3942bf7f03db58460314107/tumblr_molxdx6Zhv1rph6wgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/78219651490fbd565eb234a76a0a8160/tumblr_molxdx6Zhv1rph6wgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/29231d38ff6fbcf004bc4c7d03646766/tumblr_molxdx6Zhv1rph6wgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahvintageillustration.tumblr.com/post/53304083135/peter-and-wendy-by-j-m-barrie-illustrated-by" target="_blank">fuckyeahvintageillustration</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>‘Peter and Wendy’ by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie" target="_blank">J. M. Barrie</a>; illustrated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Donkin_Bedford" target="_blank">F. D. Bedford</a>. Published 1911 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.</p> <p>Description: The story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess <span class="mw-redirect">Tiger Lily</span>, and the pirate Captain Hook.</p> <p><a href="http://www.read.gov/books/peter_wendy.html" target="_blank">See the complete book here.</a></p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53304850233http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53304850233Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:51 -0700peter panpeter and wendyj.m. barrief.d. bedfordillustrationscribnerpublishingliteraturelitbooks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/855fddd6acb27b340d5d417e9f4fcf52/tumblr_mo40qeeBGm1ruu90ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://midcenturymodernfreak.tumblr.com/post/52552206903/the-leotard-wonder-a-young-burt-ward-as-robin-on" target="_blank">midcenturymodernfreak</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>A young Burt Ward as Robin on the “Batman” set in 1966. Photo by Richard Hewett for Look magazine. - </span><em><a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/15415?size=_original#caption" target="_blank">Via</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53301665519http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53301665519Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:35:57 -0700batmanrobin1966TVcostumeLook Magazine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da1483bc827215535869123ecf8f0fde/tumblr_mmcfxr30Rv1qzgrbuo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><small>Map of Antarctic expeditions, 1850 (click for HQ)</small></p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53290183036http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53290183036Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:55:34 -0700antarcticamapmapscartographyexpeditions1850antarctic expeditions<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ddxodsAi1r912d3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53290138633http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53290138633Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:54 -0700barbra streisandportrait<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0ad841ecd184391430d5d8f4c61932d/tumblr_mm308yK90h1qzy0ygo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/209a1503fa9208dd3aac0217b4e9c9ef/tumblr_mm308yK90h1qzy0ygo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49487266@N07/" target="_blank">SDASM Archives</a></p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53289920586http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53289920586Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:51:34 -0700space suitsaerospacespace travelgeminiNASAapollo“I said to my soul be still, and wait without hope <br/> For hope would be hope for the wrong thing, wait without love <br/> For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith<br/> But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.<br/> Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:<br/> So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.”<br/><br/> - <em>“East Coker,” <em>Four Quartets, </em>T.S. Eliot</em>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53289384127http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53289384127Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:43:00 -0700t.s. elioteast cokerfour quartetspoetryliteraturelitpoets<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8604f7624dc2179a7bcdd36189d4e595/tumblr_molipkeBYB1qcx8o1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc11c435cbd667a013d47daebbb7ab40/tumblr_molipkeBYB1qcx8o1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a48fe1ed3b39c32361fff29f13a0189/tumblr_molipkeBYB1qcx8o1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9299e445e4d9da1b9dc99198cc8b5298/tumblr_molipkeBYB1qcx8o1o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Portrait of Isabella of Portugal,</em> workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (J. Paul Getty Collection)</p>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53282363825http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53282363825Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:51:20 -0700artpaintingrogier van der weydenisabella of portugalthe gettyj. paul gettypersonal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57nuwSSKa1qzi23yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53280143130http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53280143130Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:11:16 -0700paul newmanactorsactorsunglasses<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a37ad393eeed5f84b770b902240c801b/tumblr_mofc8qL2T31qc5lgco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spencermurphy.tumblr.com/post/53011961453/michael-shannon-for-telegraph-magazine-my" target="_blank">spencermurphy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Michael Shannon for Telegraph Magazine</strong></p> <p>My portrait of Michael Shannon is out in today’s Telegraph Magazine.</p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53276721460http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53276721460Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:01:43 -0700michael shannonactorsactingportrait<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8k63452hq1rndnw9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53262041218http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53262041218Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:08 -0700brickfilmjoseph gorden levvitrian johnsonfilm noir<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cd5ae934b55948f3f6458a910a3fe423/tumblr_mo4814udeI1s642fmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://quisestistequivenit.tumblr.com/post/52527843193/ivan-aivazovsky-darial-gorge-1862" target="_blank">quisestistequivenit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ivan Aivazovsky<br/><em>Darial Gorge</em><br/> 1862</p> </blockquote>http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53261656755http://cucumberwater.tumblr.com/post/53261656755Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:53:28 -0700artpaintingivan aivazovsky19th centurymoonlightin between