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100% HUMAN's avatar

Yes! Inspired by you leaving chickens around, I spent a few hours yesterday decorating envelopes. I put hard copies of a few of my Subbies in them and deposited them in my local street library. For no reason. Even as I did it, my sensible, productive adult brain was asking *What is the point? You'll never know who reads them!* And my whimsical brain just giggled.

jill badonsky's avatar

Hooray for your whimsical brain. Message me your address and i’ll send you a chicken as a prize.

Christopher Manson's avatar

Happy, joyous, free AND whimsical! Thanks, JB...

jill badonsky's avatar

Thanks so much, CM.

Beth Pierson's avatar

I like your interpretation of the ubiquitous "WTF" so much better than the common meaning of it! Tis true, whimsy can tip fate most delightfully - why I get a kick out of noticing these tiny black bugs that like to zip around my kitchen trash or cat food or my face or...amazing little creatures - so fast and so really non-troublesome most of the time. Same with teensy baby spiders dangling almost invisibly from an old lampshade...fascinating creatures to me which distract me so nicely from all the cat hair and dust bunnies (more like rabbits) which need my attention soon and so the existence of these creatures is whimsical to me and makes me smile and grab a handful of dusty cat hair to be lightly disposed of, something I had been dreading. :-)

jill badonsky's avatar

I love this response. I love your view of even tiny bugs being whimsical and baby spiders. Why not see things with fascination rather than annoyance. Thank you, Beth.

Lily of Oz's avatar

I’m actively seeking whimsy in my art, it soothes the beasts within 😬

jill badonsky's avatar

I agree! 🙌🏼

JUDY REEVES's avatar

Thanks for the fun on a hot Saturday. If one is made of feathers, can one fan oneself? I think feathers would work better than fingers.

jill badonsky's avatar

Well, there’s a whimsical thought. Yours would be fashionable.

emme living's avatar

Too fast. ..a trendy vernacular as of late. But for a reason. It’s a word that gives permission to play. Tho it’s more than that. Because whimsy at least for me is freedom for self and that’s why googly eyed chickens rule.

Paula Boyd Farrington's avatar

Oh my. SO brilliantly whimsical and well-said—thank you ❣️🥳

Teri Rutigliano's avatar

Great class Jill lots of fun . How do I post my painting.

Lou Stine Art's avatar

Yes! Whimsy keeps me sane!

emme living's avatar

Whimsy has become part of a trendy vernacular r