Unfinished music. Drawing Luke Hockley.

Unfinished music.

Luke Hockley
Jul 28, 2017 · 2 min read

Dear Self,

We have a digital piano at home that is very beautiful…but unusable.

It is such a heart break.

It plays beautifully…except for two critical keys that are malfunctioning.

One plays not at all and the other plays a very loud noise that is not exactly what I would call musical.

And now I feel stuck.

We have taken it to someone to get it fixed.

Nope. Very expensive just to open it up and then probably will find that a part that is no longer available is broken and then it will never be fixed.

We asked the internet and it seems that you can maybe work out how to patch it together with some kit that you buy from somewhere overseas…but then we have to become electricians for a day and do things that quite frankly scare me…and we just haven’t done any of that.

So, we are left with a very expensive, beautiful instrument that no longer works.

And I just want to chuck it out and buy a keyboard and be done with it.

But that is so much waste and feels weird to do and…so I am stuck.

I just want to be able to play music at home.

I really hate when I hit these personal stale mates.

I don’t know what to do with them. It feels like a half decision that I have no control over.

Yuck.

It has to go.

I’d love it to go to someone who might want it for parts to fix someone else’s piano.

If I can find that person maybe they can fix my piano?

And around we go…

Luke

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I’m just trying to stop the wheels from falling off.

Luke Hockley

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I create things and I teach people how to live and move like they were made to. www.lukehockley.com.au

Dear Self

Dear Self

I’m just trying to stop the wheels from falling off.

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