Drawing on Samuel Coleridge’s definitions of ‘imagination’ and ‘fancy, this blog is about playing with things that have already been made (which is fancy) as well as consciously creating (secondary imagination)Tumblr (3.0; @fancifulimagination)http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/265796e9b4d1203f429cd0779be6916f/tumblr_mh3w8ze6ry1r46fnpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.aseaofquotes.com/post/41432878470/claudia-gray-evernight-submitted">aseaofquotes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Claudia Gray, <em>Evernight</em></p> <p>Submitted by <a href="http://fr0magefrais.tumblr.com/">fr0magefrais</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479631495http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479631495Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:53 -0700countingblessings1x1“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Somerset Maugham</strong>, born on this day in 1874, in <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Books-You-works-Somerset-Maugham/dp/0405078269/?tag=exp-lore-20">Books and You</a>. </em>Complement with <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/21/nabokov-on-what-makes-a-good-reader/">Nabokov on what makes a good reader</a>.  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479573538http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479573538Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:11 -0700countingblessings1x1“She lives the poetry she cannot write.”<br/><br/> - <em>Oscar Wilde (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lunaraurora.tumblr.com/">lunaraurora</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479523443http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479523443Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:29:32 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b45667134e85cdcc8b18325bed96d33a/tumblr_mgw4wbGV3K1qkaoroo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bibliolectors.tumblr.com/post/41187044825/many-books-to-read-cuantos-libros-para-leer">bibliolectors</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span class="hps">Many</span> <span class="hps">books to read</span><span>! / </span></span>Cuántos libros para leer! ;) -ilustración de <a href="http://www.aleijten.com/">Aileen Leijten</a>-</p> </blockquote>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479482884http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479482884Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:29:00 -0700countingblessings1x1“The omissions almost always distort or conceal the true character of the diarist or letter-writer and produce spiritually what an Academy picture does materially, smoothing out the wrinkles, warts, frowns, and asperities. At the best and even unexpurgated, diaries give a distorted or one-sided portrait of the writer”<br/><br/> - <em>A <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/25/virginia-woolf-on-keeping-a-diary/">poignant caveat the the art of the diary</a> from Virginia Woolf’s husband. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479452832http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41479452832Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:28:37 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a49cda31cad900ad64156e0e4efa0fef/tumblr_mfxswwz5ch1qccmi6o1_r3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e79896c84708c42f7e6d10aea89a4cb3/tumblr_mfxswwz5ch1qccmi6o2_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f98ef0528f473c317499ef7f9e099414/tumblr_mfxswwz5ch1qccmi6o3_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd0427b3ca27605ec65fd901533d91f8/tumblr_mfxswwz5ch1qccmi6o4_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/00452063bad90bf267cb3fcea1790508/tumblr_mfxswwz5ch1qccmi6o5_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d05a55dc309402948209ef85cff53bf/tumblr_mfxswwz5ch1qccmi6o6_r2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41233173775http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41233173775Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:06:49 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d9378ff10d1bb6872ac742248bba6c15/tumblr_mg7eupNsMp1qai86ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41233086132http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41233086132Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:05:45 -0700countingblessings1x1“<strong>1. Make sure you enjoy writing.</strong><br/> Writers always like to say how hard the writing process is and how much suffering it causes. They’re lying. People don’t like to admit they make a living from something they genuinely enjoy.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>The first of <strong>Etgar Keret</strong>’s <a href="http://rookiemag.com/2012/09/ten-rules-for-writers/">ten rules for writers</a> echoes Ray Bradbury’s insistence on <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/18/commencement-speeches-2/#bradbury">writing with joy</a>. For more timeless advice on writing, see writing rules by:</p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/28/neil-gaiman-8-rules-of-writing/">Neil Gaiman</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/19/zadie-smith-10-rules-of-writing/">Zadie Smith</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/03/kurt-vonnegut-on-writing-stories/">Kurt Vonnegut</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/12/john-steinbeck-six-tips-on-writing/">John Steinbeck</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/07/david-ogilvy-on-writing/">David Ogilvy</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/22/henry-miller-on-writing/">Henry Miller</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/22/jack-kerouac-belief-and-technique-for-modern-prose/">Jack Kerouack</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/07/25/susan-sontag-on-writing/">Susan Sontag</a></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</p></em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41233038625http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41233038625Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:05:10 -0700countingblessings1x1“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”<br/><br/> - <em>David Baldacci  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://those-darlings.tumblr.com/">those-darlings</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232874250http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232874250Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:03:10 -0700countingblessings1x1“There is no beauty without some strangeness.”<br/><br/> - <em>Edgar Allan Poe (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wittch.tumblr.com/">wittch</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232850429http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232850429Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:02:52 -0700countingblessings1x1“I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.”<br/><br/> - <em>Neil Gaiman (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cybergirlfriend.tumblr.com/">cybergirlfriend</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232514911http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232514911Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:58:55 -0700countingblessings1x1“Young girls need to learn that sexiness isn’t about being naked.”<br/><br/> - <em>Marc Jacobs (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://perfect.tumblr.com/">perfect</a>)</em>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232462940http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232462940Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:58:17 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d5992ff472bf444143d6729fc0e71e2/tumblr_mgioixA41c1qitxhxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232406033http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232406033Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:57:35 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d6b27cb51f7a7c90e3be1e65f675745/tumblr_mgi007YnLN1qf426so1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c7cf9448153c85ecf2ce91801025fbd7/tumblr_mgi007YnLN1qf426so2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3115a6973116f98aa2b68d80bf397d27/tumblr_mgi007YnLN1qf426so4_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bd753ddd8ceeb2cbbe6973d89557e12/tumblr_mgi007YnLN1qf426so3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232148340http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232148340Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:54:28 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3fca46198a1d0d12d23262885f46de1b/tumblr_meozd5LMj61ql2r3lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232088577http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41232088577Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:53:44 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0f7fa3e9195a94bf615775e090a3b27e/tumblr_mgt0ryFgiY1r8mmrfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41231927786http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/41231927786Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:51:48 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9026ee153b33c51774438862149777de/tumblr_mfvy8pgIo31qln5dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Interesting. Currently reading the book, but going to see the movie in a few days… aka before finishing the book </p>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39702135118http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39702135118Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:15:20 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8scl4mL4i1rogngso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39701976905http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39701976905Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:13:22 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2f25c671628e229a579e1735e419432/tumblr_mfs3ijiNUM1rogngso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39701963316http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39701963316Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:13:12 -0700countingblessings1x1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/62a09ead078bd1a472fe5a14a5ae1f7a/tumblr_meudith9FS1rmvjvto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cosmic-rebirth.tumblr.com/post/37830239989">cosmic-rebirth</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The greatest adventure is what lies ahead;</p> <p>Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.</p> <p>The chances the changes are all yours to make—</p> <p>The mould of your life is in your hands to break.</p> <p><strong>—J.R.R. Tolkien</strong></p> </blockquote>http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39701933716http://fancifulimagination.tumblr.com/post/39701933716Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:12:49 -0700countingblessings1x1