This is what Wikipedia says on the subject:
A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on) in an artificial setting.
This week is stilleben week! Arrange your objects, light them and shoot 
Tags: photo_friday
Had some opportunity for natural light today.
This is a good challenge. I will have to think about it for a bit.
I realise I have still not subjected a photo to the last challenge.
I just got back from the UK yesterday, A bit tired today. Christmas party and that stuff…
A belated contribution but here it is. My still life or stileben for this week is this photo.
I had completely null inspiration for doing this so I had to do *something*. I was looking at the fruit basked but even the fruit this time of year (with the exception of certain citrus fruits) look awful.
I did this with a single flash head into a silver umbrella. Nikon Creative Light System.