My piano faces a window, as I always dreamed it would. As I play I gaze out over the rooftops into the rising or setting sun. Into the clouds or the clear blue sky. It motivates me to be a gentler person. It teaches me to believe that anything I desire can be achieved. It encourages me to dream.
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I’ve tried so many times to find the right words to communicate the complete and utter joy of having my own grand piano. It’s been a couple weeks now, but the shock hasn’t worn off. I still sit down to play and it hits me that I’m playing my very own. Mine. My own. My precious. I don’t know if you can imagine what that feels like. Imagine something you really want, but feel you won’t have for some time. Suddenly that thing is in your life, and your head is spinning because you’re not quite sure how it happened so fast. The surprise and delight that follows from that day on…is beyond words. (It kinda sounds like I had a baby…well, I did. A baby grand *smirk*).
I suppose, probably the right thing to do is to share a song. When words are inadequate and all that.
The song I’ve included here is titled Anything. Because as I look out the window and play without glancing at my hands, my fingers do the work, my heart tells them where to go, and I feel like anything is possible.
So please sit back (perhaps with some headphones?), relax and enjoy this bootleg recording of Anything performed on my very own (albeit untuned) Mason and Hamlin grand piano. I just got chills, did you?
I’ll return to discuss music and more in following days, but I think this is a good start.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for listening.
Love, Amber and Mason
ACP Music 