Piano Diaries - Morale
Strange times indeed. #Lockdown has relied on people explaining and preaching that it is a moral duty to abide by the rule of not...
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@MariaPianist
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Piano Diaries - Decluttering
It was a surreal feeling to be reminded it’s a Bank Holiday. In many ways #Lockdown has felt like one long Bank Holiday. Even the...
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@MariaPianist
May 18, 20201 min read
Piano Diaries - Movement
#Lockdown has really highlighted how easy it is to take #movement for granted! With the easing of restrictions taking small steps, the...
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@MariaPianist
May 11, 20201 min read
Piano Diaries - Staying Alert
Today we wake up with a new slogan to guide our lives through this next #phase of #COVID19#Lockdown in the UK - #stayalert It’s hard not...
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@MariaPianist
May 8, 20201 min read
Introducing... Piano Diaries
As #Lockdown stubbornly persists I would like to continue to think I can continue to bring a few moments of musical inspiration to you,...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Y
When things get tough one of our strongest reactions is that to cling onto something of the past. Yearning for something that used to...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - X
Sometimes the signs are all around us. Distractions, convenience of ‘ready-processed’ information, laziness, denial, closed-minds and...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 22, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - W
Has anyone else noticed the wonderful new #lockdown phenomenon where people walk out of the front door timidly, then gathering more and...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 22, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - V
In the recent weeks we’ve heard far too much #rhetoric for comfort about #war, #restriction of liberties, #sacrifice and the instigation...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 19, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - S
#Simplicity requires by far the greater mastery, command of your craft, and empathy, or perhaps compassion, of your environment. The...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 17, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - R
The murmurs about when and how #Lockdown will end are gathering momentum just as it has been extended for another three weeks. People are...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 16, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Q
I never thought I’d think, let alone say this, but - as the Government has officially extended #Lockdown by 3 more weeks - when will we...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - N
#Words usually dictate - that is their downfall. Too often we see or hear words and act according to their instuction, or repeat them,...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - M
#Meditation has somehow been adopted into #trend. Social media is flooded with meditation tutorials, books give us a run down of the...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - L
#Learning from #larks.... Composers often quote birdsong in their works - and many were avid ramblers and early risers too. COVID-19 has...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - K
Pianos - #Klaviers - were not very popular. They were unable to match the power of harpsichords, and clavichord were already popular...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - I
Art is an #illusion. I feel very strongly that the #comfort that art brings must in some ways be linked to its ability to give a chance...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 7, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - H
H is for #hybrid. I am going to say something contraversial: Purity is overvalued! In art at least, there is no such thing as a pure...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - G
G is for #grip. The more we know something to be #true, the more we must hold on to it - grip it and not let any distractions allow it...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 5, 20201 min read
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - F
As society the unquestioning trust for the written word, and the weight collectively given to common opinion (or the ‘normal way’ of...
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