Stephanie started playing an old song on the piano, from her first record. It was originally done on guitar but like everything else post covid she was trying it on piano and the results very pleasurable. Made her feel like John Coltrane doing My Favourite Things. Went to the open stage with the intention of trying it out it but surprisingly a music critic was present. What are they doing here! Ruins the vibe, at least for her. She knew it was ultimately just her own head but she ditched the song she planned. You do whatever you have to do to keep your connection dignified she said inside herself. Later the same music critic played the piano. She didn’t expect that. He didn’t play very well, stiff and sung even worse. This was very enjoyable. She had no expectations but realizing he was very inexperienced and people were bored was amusing. She later wondered how many times is this exactly the way of the world? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"