There's a lot I can relate to in this short piece from Danielle Kurtzleben on performing one's hobby in public (piano for her, magic for me). It's one of the few things that ever makes me nervous, but I've loved getting back to sharing it with people after the isolation of 2020.
Piano performances terrify me, but I can stomach playing in the background
I'm into piano, but it's also my frenemy. When I get frustrated with something I'm trying to learn, we stop talking for months. But then I hear a pop song and my brain leaps to how I would play it.
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