--- title: Fallen Fruit description: Time has been doing strange things lately — things it’s always done. Moving slowly, looping around, flying by. We invited 9 artists and creators whose practices include time-based works, to make works on time in this time. To shine a little light on, and help us make our own sense of, time in a year that has gone by many names. image: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fc2d70bda423a305e2d7c23/5ffb3ff3c715f8c803502781_fallenfruit_Social%20Metadata.png --- [![Time in This Time](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/TIME-IN-THIS-TIME.svg) as told by artists and creatives ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/) Things have been surreal and too real; novel and getting old fast; overwhelming, challenging, and hard with bright spots. We’ve been locked down and trying to build each other up. This (time) capsule is an offering. A mosaic of meditation. A sourdough starter of creativity to help feed your own. Take a step back, take a breath, take a look, and take your time. [On the emotionality of time Always Changing, Always Growing** A work by Livia Falcaru ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/livia-falcaru) [On everything happening at once Live from Beirut** Soundtracks by Ziad Nawfal and Ruptured Records ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/ziad-nawfal) [On the disappearance of time How to Have a Week A comic by Grace Miceli ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/grace-miceli) [On potential futures Third Round, Part 6** A lullaby by Azikiwe Mohammed ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/azikiwe-mohammed) [On connection A remote experience generator** Interactive ideas by double take labs ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/double-take-labs) [On time spent on home Making Due** A storyboard by Ilana Harris-Babou ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/ilana-harris-babou) [On ritual A Lockdown Guide to Sunday Dinner** A photo essay by Black Appétit ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/black-appetit) [On becoming A Question** by David Allen Burns and Austin Young // Fallen Fruit ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/fallen-fruit) [On timelessness Take a Little Trip** A window by Kylah Benes-Trapp ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/kylah-benes-trapp) [Brought to you by the timekeepers at ![Harvest Logo](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/harvest-logo-black-214813b83641bcf78a4dbc8f7ed5b1e765b71d2b6754f6677f8c754e21916ca8-1.png) ](https://getharvest.com) ![](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/wallpaper3.jpg) On becoming ## A Question by David Allen Burns and Austin Young // Fallen Fruit ![Fallen Fruit - Time in This Time](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/Fallen_fruit_6s.gif) ![DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES. CREATE YOUR OWN STORY. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE. TREAT ALL CREATURES WITH KINDNESS, FROM HUMANS TO MICROBES. BE ABOUT POSITIVE VIBES. FOLLOW YOUR HEART. DO THINGS WITH LOVE AND LIFT OTHERS UP IN YOUR JOURNEY. EMBODY QUIET STRENGTH. BE PRESENT AND APPRECIATE EACH MOMENT. ALWAYS BE REAL. SEEK HARMONY. DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING AND JOURNAL LIKE NO ONE WILL READ IT. DO EPIC SHIT! FEEL GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE WORLD’S BLESSINGS. BE CURIOUS ABOUT STUFF, PEOPLE, THE WORLD, AND FOOD! IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE WAY, HAVE FAITH. TRUTH IS THE BEST COMPASS. LIFE DOESN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN’T HANDLE. NUNCA ESTÁ DE MÁS PREGUNTAR. HAKARAT HATOV. LIFE IS SHORT. BE OPEN TO ALL THINGS UNEXPECTED. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Don’t judge. Interact with people who make you see, feel, and experience the world differently. Be in service to improving human (and other species’) life on Earth. Be someone who listens. Be vulnerable. Communicate, even when it’s difficult, Have an open heart, a generous spirit, and the fortitude to further growth. Make someone feel special without expecting anything in return. Kindness is a bond to all good things. Kindness is beautiful. Out of that will come happiness. And happiness is sexy! The root of all great people is kindness and caring for others. Have empathy. “Circle back” to help a friend or stranger in need. Listen in conversations rather than waiting for your turn to talk. Always say “I’m sorry.” Recognize the good and practice that everyday. Always forgive the people who have hurt you and wish everyone well, even if you don’t want to. Never say good-bye. Say,“I’ll see you later.” Keep your own council. Nobody is better than you in this world, but you are better than nobody. Trust the process and Trust yourself. If it feels good, do it. If you don’t try you’ll never know. Don’t worry about which road you choose, just don’t stop. There is a time for everything and everything has its time. Dare to dream and live it! Stand up for yourself and others. Share what you know. Wise people always find a way to bring out a smile. Hold someone else’s’ well being above your own with an open ♥️ heart! See the best in others and bring it out. Don’t assume! Ask questions that start with “how” more than “why.” Ask questions that give others a chance to talk about themselves. Have a great sense of humor. Believe in karma. Do not take yourself too seriously. Smile more. Always wear clean underwear. ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/PEOPLEPOWER_score_40x60_final_022621.jpg) Fallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young). “PEOPLE POWER,” performance score generated with a public call for participation, dimensions variable, created for Time in this Time, 2021. [![Down Arrow](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/downarrow.svg)](https://www.timeinthistime.com/fallen-fruit#art) ### A collaborative score In simple language, using short sentences, Fallen Fruit asked people to tell them what they know best about being a great person. The duo then created a new score with the answers. Fallen Fruit prompted contributors: ‍ "It can be thoughts from recent weeks or the past months—or maybe it is something you learned from your family or mentor … or also, from another time in your life when you really learned: ‍*How to be a great version of YOU." *‍* *For example: *“My mother taught me to always mind my own business and to always love myself.”* *“(I started to) take a short walk everyday at a different time of day and never choose the destination in advance, (I just) wander… and openly explore the world each day.”* Or, *“Sometimes, I tell my cats all of my secrets….” *— Fallen Fruit* * [Fallen Fruit](http://fallenfruit.org/) is a collaborative art project that began in Los Angeles uses fruit to change the way we see the world. The project began in response to a prompt: *imagine a protest that isn’t against anything.* From the first Fallen Fruit installation—a mapping of public produce (the fruit trees growing on or over public property)—to the scores that they compose from community-gifted answers to inward-looking prompts (like the one above), Fallen Fruit invokes public participation and asks joyful, penetrating questions.  Lately they have been thinking about different ways of looking at the same thing, misunderstandings and impasses, and *how to be an extraordinary, exemplary person in the world. *Fallen Fruit is an art collaboration originally conceived in 2004 by David Burns,  Matias Viegener and Austin Young. Since 2013, David and Austin have continued the collaborative work. ![Fallen Fruit headshot](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/unnamed.jpg) Fallen Fruit From Los Angeles, USA Website [fallenfruit.org](http://www.fallenfruit.org) Instagram [@fallen_fruit](https://www.instagram.com/fallen_fruit) ![](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/left.svg)![](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/right.svg) [A Lockdown Guide to Sunday Dinner A photo essay by Black Appetit ![](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/Harvest_TimeinthisTime_BlackAppetit_ChristYetka_plating.jpg?width=1440&name=Harvest_TimeinthisTime_BlackAppetit_ChristYetka_plating.jpg) On ritual ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/black-appetit) [On timelessness Take a little trip A window by Kylah Benes-Trapp ![](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-7.16.03-PM.png) ](https://www.timeinthistime.com/kylah-benes-trapp) [Brought to you by the timekeepers at ![Harvest Logo](https://www.timeinthistime.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/timeinthistime/images/harvest-logo-black-214813b83641bcf78a4dbc8f7ed5b1e765b71d2b6754f6677f8c754e21916ca8-1.png) ](https://getharvest.com) [Terms of Service](https://www.getharvest.com/terms-of-service) [Privacy Policy](https://www.getharvest.com/privacy-policy)