Tickled Ivories

Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. - Thoreau

giddy with laughter

racing nimbly back and forth

dancing up and down in mountainous crescendos

absent of anything remotely close to fear

taking the wheel and not afraid to steer

smiling from ear to ear

varicose valleys and pure pinnacles

sheer emotion did manifest and appear

not just there

not just near

but here

crystal clear

Author's Note

"A thrumming of piano-strings beyond the gardens and through the elms. At length the melody steals into my being. I know not when it began to occupy me. By some fortunate coincidence of thought or circumstance I am attuned to the universe, I am fitted to hear, my being moves in a sphere of melody, my fancy and imagination are excited to an inconceivable degree. This is no longer the dull earth on which I stood." - Thoreau

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Living in the moment springs to mind with this write while the music in the background may not necessarily be our choice but life goes on.

[Pete]

nice thought on this. so true what you say - different songs come and go but life goes on regardless. maybe the trick is to just keep singing whether happy or sad. thanks andrew.

[carl]

read an article recently about the human brain - said there were places in the brain specific to senses like hearing, speech, sight, but no singular area related to music - that all the areas of the brain contribute to our enjoyment, involvement, creating of music - also said man was the only creature that makes music - I thought about the birds or the so called song of whales - but I seem to think that more talking than singing regardless of what it sounds like to us . I don't know. it was interesting - I do believe in the music of the spheres ( celestial universe so to speak ) Pythagoras had a bit to say about that. seems your quote by Thoreau would be saying the same thing. Enjoyed your piece glad I came by -carl