“The only truth is music.”
~ Jack Kerouac
~ 1922 ~ 1969
A cool piano mural jazzes up the side of the future 1812 Piano Lounge, slated to open in spring 2025 at 1812 West Allen Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of the West End Theatre District. I shot this on a mid-October evening in 2024.
The mural is the work of local artist Lauren Kuhn.
“Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
In other words: hold my hand
In other words: baby, kiss me …
… In other words: please be true
In other words: I love you”
~ “Fly Me to the Moon”
~ song written by Bart Howard & made famous by the wonderful Frank Sinatra
~originally titled “In Other Words,” the song was written in 1954 by Bart Howard. The first recording of the song was made in 1954 by Kaye Ballard. Frank Sinatra’s 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Love can fly you to the moon, and in this case, the flight takes wing in the surreal!
I created this image by blending my shot of a Finnair plane soaring through the skies over Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania on February 18, 2023, with my capture of the Supermoon over Cedar Creek Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania on December 3, 2017.
Finnair is the flag carrier & largest airline of Finland, with its headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helinski Airport, its hub. Finnair flies between Europe, Asia & North America via Helsinki.
