An exuberant writer, Lynch whips up whimsical fancies from the lean offerings of his bleak, Northern Irish backdrop.
Given his penchant for whimsical flights of fancy, it's surprising that Cotton feels a close kinship with the painter Steve Mumford, best known for elegant watercolor sketches made in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The success of his unusual book depends on whether or not you are prepared to indulge his flights of fancy, his whimsical asides, his outspoken views.
His whimsical mural caught my fancy and lifted my spirits.
Its name is an acronym for American Contemporary Music Ensemble, but it also has a standard meaning as well as a whimsical undercurrent that any fancier of 1960s cartoons will appreciate.
The story manages to be both whimsical and deeply serious, a flight of fancy built around an image from the very real world of suicide bombings.
A postprandial stroll takes us by several whimsical — and modern — statues that seem to capture the fancy of every tourist.
Her line, named Alissa's Friends after her granddaughter, features many fancy dresses with full silk skirts, puffed sleeves and whimsical details such as pleated collars and rosettes.
The inn is not fancy, but is charming, with knotty pine furniture, ebullient flowerbeds, and whimsical paintings and sculptures.
Parents who have reservations about children watching the slapstick humor of the Warners cartoons will enjoy "The Hubley Studio's Flights of Fancy" (Disney: $49.95), one of three collections of the award-wining films of John and Faith Hubley--a Hubley--a and artistic alternative to fast-paced Hollywhimsicalts.
