On a Much Lighter Note

I’m afraid that my blog has started to become an angry rant about the belief of a particular teacher. So I’m taking a step back and trying to regain my composure and catch my breath. And in doing so, I discovered brilliance:

15 pianos were scattered around Birmingham, England with the words “Play Me, I’m Yours” spray painted on them. The installation, or experiment, was organized by an art collective whose coordinators wanted to “create a sense of unity and wonder in a place where both are in short supply.” Amen to that.

The actual creator of the installation, Luke Jerram, worked with the Fierce arts organization, which is “renowned for getting odd things into odder places.” Jerram’s past experiments included this:

Sky orchestra is an installation consisting of “seven hot air balloons, each with speakers attached, take off at dawn to fly across a city. Each balloon plays a different element of the musical score creating a massive audio landscape.”

More than just waking up a sleepy city at an inappropriate hour, it wakes up the imagination and spirit of those who are fortunate enough to experience it. Of the random piano experiment, Kevin Isaacs, executive producer of Fierce, said:

So many people spend their lives now surrounded by horrible noises, working on screens, watching television, this was a way of having something nice just steal up on them where they would least expect it.

And who can complain about that type of noise being made?

'Til next time.
Peace.