escapist fiction

is fiction which provides a psychological escape from thoughts of everyday life by immersing the reader(or in this case the viewer) in exotic situations or activities.

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collectivehistory:

Sinclair Dinosaurs on the Hudson being transported by barge to the New York World’s fair ca. 1964 (via Imgur)

3:40 am | June 12 2013 | 3,385 notes

nevver:

A Perfect Day for Bananafish

8:30 pm | June 11 2013 | 5,972 notes

(Source: johnny-strabler, via cinemastatic)

8:30 pm | June 11 2013 | 675 notes

pleoros:

Appenzellerland

9:37 pm | June 10 2013 | 74 notes

mudwerks:

(via 13: BURN, WITCH, BURN / Independent Artists - 1962)

9:36 pm | June 10 2013 | 10 notes

(Source: faggotking, via impmon)

9:33 pm | June 10 2013 | 72 notes

bodhisattva-belladonna:

Same.

(Source: homo-sapiens-frisiagensis)

9:33 pm | June 10 2013 | 885 notes

mudwerks:

(via coisas do arco da velha)

9:33 pm | June 10 2013 | 75 notes

(Source: juneverlasting, via thepoliticsofpassingout)

9:31 pm | June 10 2013 | 2,287 notes

(Source: eyewtkas, via nodad)

9:28 pm | June 10 2013 | 10,448 notes

hollowjaw:

japanese anatomical drawing from the Edo period

(via k-damage)

12:38 am | June 10 2013 | 776 notes

Zdzisław Beksiński - untitled
fantasy period (1986-1988)

Zdzisław Beksiński - untitled

fantasy period (1986-1988)

(via kkkill)

12:29 am | June 10 2013 | 399 notes

1950sunlimited:

Bowling at the Desert Inn,

Daytona Beach, FLORIDA 1960s

12:26 am | June 10 2013 | 269 notes

rachelelm:

rachelemorris:

cops october ‘12

context

(via tentonrobot)

10:12 pm | June 9 2013 | 1,138 notes

James Stewart and Norma Shearer

(via oldfilmsflicker)

9:58 pm | June 9 2013 | 991 notes

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