Yesterday I had a unique hiking experience. A music student from a local university composed a hour-long piece of music with more than 8 instruments. The music was based on the noises of different creatures in the wild as recorded by local wildlife researchers. So a different instrument was assigned to each noise. Yesterday, several musicians were placed in the valley of this hiking trail where the noises had originally occurred but that were now replaced with the sounds of their instruments. While this occurred, a small group of us hiked the trail.

It really did feel like the musicians were wild animals occasionally making noise in the wild. It was also an interesting experiment in keeping time with other musicians at great distances and playing off of each other. (There was an element of improvisation as well.) It ended in a culmination of them playing together, like the forest coming alive.

I wouldn’t buy the album, but I loved the wackiness and uniqueness of the experience and I feel like we need more of this in the world.

#BeSilly
#WackinessNow

@mewsings #besilly is rule number one of the #fediverse  

still convinced we need to hold on to this no matter what despite all and everything 🦦 #besilly #bekind

https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/115827618297517565

kinda glad the #silly wheels haven't entirely come off  

"Parkes Elvis Festival transcends language and culture"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-10/parkes-elvis-festival-toki-toyokazu-singing/106209036

#parkes #elvis #besilly #bekind

The King of Rock and Roll transcends language and culture at the Parkes Elvis Festival

Japanese tribute artist Toki Toyokazu is part of a growing international presence at the annual Parkes Elvis Festival, which also includes women.

ABC News
one definite goal for the year    #besilly #bekind #survive #year2026
Laughing at our fears, finding the ridiculous in them, where possible, can be a powerful antidote to our fears and anxieties!

#Anxiety #Silliness #BeSilly #EmbraceTheSilly #EnjoyBeingSilly

It's two days since I danced through a gas station mini market with two bananas in my hands doing an improvised mime show/dance.
The lady working there saw me and asked: "happy?" And i said: "yes and with too much energy to burn".She laughed, I laughed and kept dancing. I think I made her day.

We need more interactions like this.

#BeSilly #BeProud #DanceLikeNobodyIsWatching

My mental health is on the floor lately trying to keep body and soul together is a massive challenge. Even on the worst of days there is always that little spark in me, desperate to cling on to life, that tells me to find something, anything that will get me to see in another day and to keep fighting even if I just get out of the front door and figure it out from there. Yesterday was brutal and was almost one of those days were all I can do is stare at the bedroom wall whilst I wallow in bed but something in me forced myself up and out of the door. I take help, advice and suggestions wherever I can, my daughter is a very wise soul who can read me like a book and usually knows what is best for me in that moment, even when I don’t. Yesterday it was letting go, finding my voice and my inner child (something I find extremely difficult, I was very serious as a child for reasons and wasn’t childlike at all, so trying to find an inner child that is barely there is hard). @emily_ruby08 helps me to let go, be silly and be actually me. We screamed, whooped, smashed sheets of ice (our very own rage room) and laughed a lot. I’m so proud of how capable she is at recognising and managing her own mental health, knowing what she needs and having no fear at all in asking for it, I want to be her when I grow up. #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthawareness #rage #scream #shout #findyourvoice #ask #ptsd #complextrauma #therapy #innerchild #innerchildtherapy #besilly #daughtergoals
⚪ Wieder Montag ... ein
Lieblingsfoto.
🟤 Monday. Once again... a
favorite photo. 🥴
📷 by Artist: #MUJER / #OjosEspanola in Loc.: Spain 🇪🇸 - Title: untitled (Be silly) - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #BeSilly #Portrait #Photography #Fotografie
➡️ #APhotoLove