Empty Worlds

Pianoland

Where emotions become music

Smillew Rahcuef
Microcosm
Published in
2 min readMay 16, 2021

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Photo by Premkumar Masilamani

The musical world of Pianoland is said to have appeared a few days after Artur Rubinstein’s death. In Pianoland anytime someone’s experiencing intense emotion, a piano appears in front of them.

The pianos come in all shapes and colors. It could be anything from a grand piano to a blue watermelon. The keys could well be cucumbers or supersized sphagetti.

Under the spell of emotion, the person plays the piano and translates their feelings into music or a litchee smoothie. Indeed, pianos don’t necessarily play music; they appear to facilitate the emotions of their creators. For some people, a tropical fruit smoothie best describes emotions.

If pianos usually stay in the air for less than a minute, some have been hanging around for years. It can be, however, very dangerous to play these seemingly abandoned instruments. The longer the emotion stays enclosed in the piano the more intense they become.

It’s customary for future wives and husbands to show how undying is their love for their partner by waiting at least a day before playing the piano. A piano that would disappear before 24 hours would only be proof of infatuation, not long-lasting love.

Would you like to play?

This article prompted Pianoland. Specifically, Zane’s idea’s that Pianoland is an empty world for YOU to explore; you’re most welcome to write a story that takes place there.

Pianoland needs heroines and heroes.
Pianoland needs YOU!

So, would you like to play?

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