Talent is said to be a gift from God and that seems to be the case with 50-year-old David Walsh and his ability to play the piano. Walsh is a homeless man surviving on the streets of Vancouver, Canada. He's been homeless since the age of 6, has very little to call his own, and his fingers are numb and purple from frostbite. Having no formal musical training whatsoever, Walsh once or twice a month walks into Second Hand Solutions, a thrift store and coffee shop run by Open House Ministries and borrows their piano to play the most beautiful classical-sounding improvisations. He brings customers in the store who witness his performances to tears and I have to admit that after watching and listening to video of him in action, I cried as well because his talent is something else. How does he do it?
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Walsh told a reporter, "I don't know how to play music, but I like what I hear in my head. Sometimes I don't even know what key I'm pushing. My eyes aren't even open. I'm just letting the music play the music." He truly believes it is a gift from God and says: "My custom is to sit and close my eyes and say, 'Dad, do what you do, it's your gift.' " I'd say that we are all very lucky that Walsh finds a way to share his miraculous talent.
How amazing is it that a man who has been homeless since the age of six, who cannot read music, who has taken no lessons, somehow discovered on borrowed pianos that he could play so divinely? I find it incredibly touching and I hope that more people get to hear his music and be inspired by it.
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