Gm.Day 3 of the writing every weekday in public challenge. And thanks to the Spotify algorithm, I'm not even in a struggle for a theme. Whoever feeds...

'The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.' -Alfred Brendel (Pianist) When I was visiting home, I started talking to my mum about how her recent pupil's concert went—a usual topic at a guitar teacher's household. Yet one thing stuck in my mind. She said that what she found astonishing and worrying was the lack of appreciation for kids who played a solo. Referencing performances of adult students and me, she noted that even a few years ago, the most obvious reaction wou...

In school, we had to learn poems by heart. You tried to cram a lot of things into your head without understanding the connections just because that s...