Self Portrait Challenge #1

I decided to try this new thing.
I joined a blogging photography challenge.
I don't know how it will turn out.
I'm kind of frightened.
I don't even know if I'm doing it right, OH WELL!
. . . we'll see.

the self portrait challenge for the month of july is "myself as . . ."i decided to photograph myself as a pianist. i love playing the piano. plain and simple. it relaxes me, it makes me feel accomplished, it puts me in my own world when this one becomes too much to handle. when i'm sitting at the piano, a whole world of opportunity opens up to me, and i get to escape for a while. it has become so much a part of me, that sometimes, if i'm at work . . . and i'm really bored, my fingers will independantly begin playing "Konstantine" by Something Corporate, or maybe even "Tocatta and Fugue in D minor" by Bach.

my absolute favorite thing about the piano is, i can always express myself. if i'm angry, i'll sit down and play, i don't know, "Alla Turca" by Mozart. if i'm feeling a little depressed or lonely, i'll pull out "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane.

playing the piano is a really great way to get away from life. i gues it's just like . . .if i just keep my fingers moving, if i just keep playing, then none of my problems can get to me. That sounds really cliche, but i don't care.

to me, music is really another language that speaks to and touches EVERYONE. It makes expressing things so much easier, and by playing the piano, not only do i get to hear the music, but i get to create it as well.

. . . and that's why i love it so much.