The Pianist

This is the very last of any pictures

I'm going to share from my trip to

Mayo Clinic last August.

I think I've saved the best for last.

I'd finished all my appointments for

the day and the clinic was pretty empty

by that late in the afternoon.

I was walking back through the atrium

when I came across a young man

playing the piano.

I listened for awhile and was

absolutely stunned by his musical ability.

The music was very beautiful and just

what my ears and mind needed

at the end of a stressful day.

I briefly spoke with this young man.

He was a medical student training at

Mayo Clinic. He was taking advantage

of the beautiful piano to practice

music he'd be playing at a wedding the

following weekend.

I took several pictures of this young

man and the piano, but I found all I

really needed, and what was most beautiful,

was simply the man's hands on the piano keys.

This is my favorite.