ANOTHER OUTDOORS PIANO...

ANOTHER OUTDOORS PIANO…

Whatever was I thinking having pianos outdoors where all sorts of damage could come to them in the way of moisture and temperature variations and mice and bugs?!!! Actually not a thought of those things entered my mind as I followed the inspirational path I was on. All I could do was laugh at my own craziness and just hope that someone else could enjoy it, also. Besides, my pottery teacher had announced in January, 2006 that I was to have a solo exhibition in November of the same year. We had discussed the possibility a few months before, but I thought I would have 12-18 months to prepare after being given a date. HA! The pressure was on. Luckily for me the ideas were coming to me faster than I could execute them. I thought I would be lucky to have about 16 items for the exhibit and when it was all set up, I actually had 26 to fill the gallery - hurrah!

TAKE-A-BREAK PIANO TREE HOUSE was my next outdoors piano and definitely inspired by Walt Disney and Edward Scissorhands! On the thought-track of morphing through retirement into another career, after relaxing in hammock on a deserted island, here I was building a tree house in my mind – the tree house I never had as a child! And, as much as I always have enjoyed practicing, I was escaping, hanging up the keys like a string of fish and hiding out in a tree – shaped like a piano. Too bad I’m not seeing a psychiatrist – or maybe I should? I’m afraid to ask what would be said about me!

When you least expect it, do you find your mind “escaping” to such strange locations? It’s really OK, because sometimes these odd daydreams or night dreams lead us to some innovative solutions to real life problems. And, at least, they provide comic relief to all situations!