Creative Juices Flow in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
By: Jim Scherrer
Creative juices by definition are the motivating, inspiring, or enabling forces that represent the expressive side of one's imagination; a precursor to creative thought and the corresponding ability to create something new. It only seems logical that in order to maximize the flow of one's creative juices, he or she will be most productive when located in an area with a perfect climate and beautiful surroundings. The creator should be stress free and have plenty of leisure time; obviously, a good night's sleep can't hurt!
Puerto Vallarta, located on the shores of Banderas Bay and surrounded by the Sierra Madres, has an average daily temperature of 73°F during the seven month winter "high season" with virtually no rain providing the ideal location for expressing one's creativity. Vallarta, with its 350,000 inhabitants is home to nearly 50,000 North American retirees and younger people that have elected to move south of the border where the pace of life is slower and the cost of living is lower. Between these contented immigrants with time to spare and the local artisans, creative juices are flowing in abundance!
Some of the activities in PV, where heretofore undiscovered talent and untapped creativity are unleashed, include the performing arts of music, dance, and theater and the visual arts which include fine arts and crafts. Other activities in Vallarta requiring creativity but are not addressed in detail in this article include the literary arts, culinary arts, photographic and digital arts, etc. Regardless of the form of art, Puerto Vallarta is an ideal location for expressing one's imagination by the creation of something new. Consequently, this magical Paradise has attracted thousands of "artists" that now call it home.
The sites dedicated for performing arts in Vallarta include , and others where more than 65,000 people are expected to attend the Los Arcos amphitheater. Numerous professional performing artists, including film stars, routinely visit Vallarta; many having their second homes here. That's wonderful, but for the purpose of this article we'll pay closer attention to the "local talent"; the retirees and the younger generation of people that have moved here to perform with the local citizens!
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