i love: whimsy

Posted on October 21st, 2009

Right now, I’m noticing little moments of whimsy. Pockets of of creativity that explore ideas capriciously. Whimsical people are a little bit quirky, a little bit nerdy, often loners.  They were the kid who’d delicately pull apart a daisy. Or watch a worm for a full 45 minutes in a puddle. Now they create music and art and things that are neither art or music or anything in particular. It’s just whimsy.

Melbourne singer/songwriter Megan Washington is whimsical. She used to sing backup for Old Man River.  Her singing made two of the male panellists on Spicks and Specks cry tonight. YouTube Preview Image

In case you’re still wondering what whimsy is about, possibly my favourite whimsical outpouring. It features Zooey Dechanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt being doing mad whimsy in a bank. Just for fun. (And to promote their latest movie.) Creatively there’s no point to it. It’s just… whimsy. YouTube Preview Image

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