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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.
Last week, we unwrapped the layers of creativity offered by a single roll of toilet paper. Exploring its texture and the “role” it plays in our day, we spent time on a creative practice that revealed the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Perhaps you sat down and composed a sonnet only using toilet paper marketing descriptions. Did you then type it out on some Charmin? A two ply creative try? Maybe you are the proud owner of some fresh new dangly earrings or even more daring ear gauges! Even if you just wrote “buy softer toilet paper” on a toilet seat cover and stuffed it into the office suggestion box, I hope a few minutes of creative expression found its way into your busy life.
This week, our creative focus shifts to another everyday item: a can of soup. This pantry staple offers comfort and nourishment when needed most. It was a favorite subject of Andy Warhol’s. It’s a quick work meal when you don’t have time to leave the office. It’s breakfast in many parts of the world. Just looking at a picture of soup can make you feel warmer on a cold day (unverified).
This week's creative nudge takes the soup can out of the kitchen and into the artist’s studio. What’s it’s shifting weight feel like when you toss or shake it? As you hold a can of soup, compare it’s size and shape to other household objects. Your likely to find soup cans standing in for other household objects such as doorstops, paperweights, rolling pins, or exercise equipment.
Here are four creative activities to try. A few could be done during your actual lunch break if you are the multi-tasking type.
As you embark on these creative exercises, remember that the can of soup is more than just a culinary staple; it's a canvas for your imagination. By engaging with the tactile, visual, and imaginative aspects of the can, we embark on a creative journey that highlights the beauty within reach. It’s a shining symbol of industrial design and mass production. It’s place on our shelf is well deserved.
Note: portions of this prompt created using the tool ChatGPT.
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