Art, Lights, and a Festive Night
Celebrate Riverside’s vibrant art scene with free gallery access and a special photo show, all while taking in the magic of the Festival of Lights.
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
Do you need a low stress way to include seven minutes of creative contemplation into your week? Consider this your helpful nudge towards a slightly more creative life. If it helps, come back every week for a quick hit of creative contemplation. Each week I’ll share a new nudge. It will include a Thing (T), a Place (P), and a Sense(S) for your focus, a TPS creative nudge.
Welcome back from last week’s grab bag of creative tricks using chip clips. Did you rock a new line of Frito Lays inspired accessories? Perhaps there’s a symphonic creation of yours living in the cloud or shared in an Instagram Story. Even if your singular creative accomplishment was finishing all the Fritos and hiding the evidence, congrats! You found a way to bring several minutes of creative contemplation and creation into your routine.
Ready for our next creative nudge? For this week’s selection, we're turning our focus to a seasonal delight that’s abundant in Riverside right now: stone fruit. Nectarines, peaches, plums, and more are ripening and falling from trees, offering a bounty of creative possibilities. My apricots have come and gone, but my daughter finds a few plums each morning that the birds and bugs missed.
Stone fruits, with their vibrant colors, juicy textures, and sweet aromas, invite us to engage our senses and explore the joys of nature’s harvest. Let’s dive into the world of stone fruits and see how they can inspire our creativity!
As we immerse ourselves in the world of stone fruits, let’s celebrate their abundance and the creative inspiration they offer. Stone fruits are not only delicious and nutritious, but they also connect us to the cycles of nature and the joys of seasonal harvests. Embrace the vibrant, the flavorful, and the artistic, and let these activities carry you through the week with a fresh perspective.
Did you know that stone fruits have been cultivated for thousands of years and were prized by ancient civilizations for their sweetness and health benefits? The process of growing, harvesting, and enjoying these fruits reminds us of the timeless connection between humans and nature.
Together, let’s continue to explore the world with curious minds and fearless hearts. Here’s to finding beauty and inspiration within our daily routines, and to the endless creative discoveries made possible by the things we feed; and the things that feed us.
This column was written with the help of a customized GPT from OpenAI. If I can make one, so can you!
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