Going for hikes and water adventures, playing the greatest two instruments ever invented the clarinet and the accordion,painting with water colors. Growing things.
Beethoven
Beethoven, Man Man, The National,Save Ferris, Radiohead,Beck, Sublime, romantic composers like Weber or Brahams, "Folk" music by Davorak, Tchaicovsk ,Outcast, Blackalicous,Lyrics Born,Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Salt n' Peppa, Everclear,old instrumental records from back in the day...
The Pastures of Heaven by John Stienbeck, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Siddartha by Hermen Hess. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegge. The News Paper.
Spiderman.