smitten

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smit‧ten  /ˈsmɪtn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[smit-n]
–adjective
1. struck, as with a hard blow.
2. grievously or disastrously stricken or afflicted.
3. very much in love.
–verb
4. a pp. of smite.

My reaction to this weeks topic was a roll of the eyes and a groan.......smitten...an affliction best left to the kind of people that would purchase these ....{and I would suggest if your partner turned up with one of these you should probably suggest that you both start seeing other people}

So,upon flicking through other illustrationfriday submisssions I found the above definition{cut and pasted from cory godbey's blog...afflicted!...now that I can play with...and so, after veiwing Rozencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead last week...the line "he's afflicted" has stuck in my head... so here is this mornings quick ink...of the afflicted Hamlet...




"I am but mad north-north west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw"- Hamlet