Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick Instagram – Hey it was our Anniversary yesterday! Six years ago I was lucky enough to marry my favorite person, @lydiahearst. (she is now co-favorite with the tiny human we made). Instead of just buying an object as a present, I wanted to put the time, care, love, and energy into something for her that I always see her put into for me and anyone else she cares about. I spent the last couple months compiling photos and videos from the history of our relationship after she fell asleep each night, pulling them into iMovie, exporting them into an old timey camera app on my phone called Vintage Film Camera Retro Art to give it a dreamy feel, then back into iMovie for editing to create a somewhat chronological “Story Of Us” kinda thing. As I scrolled through thousands of photos I was reminded that A) we’ve had so many wonderful adventures together! and B) everyone takes pics ALL DAY EVERY DAY but how often do we go back and relive those moments? We collect but rarely reflect. It was a wonderful journey to get to experience this gift of a partner through eight years’ worth of images (and hopefully Dimity will appreciate watching her dorky parents being young folk someday). Every day I am thankful to go through life with this wonderful woman and have been overjoyed to start the new chapter of parenthood with her this year.
 
The song I’m playing is called “Wind Song” by @ludovico_einaudi. When I first heard it in the Spring, I instantly fell in love with it and knew I had to learn it. I read that to achieve the specific ethereal sonic quality of the original song, Einaudi added extra felt to the hammers on his piano. I tried to get as close as I could by playing with the mute pedal engaged. I don’t know if I really do his composition any great service, but I did my best! If you want to hear how it’s SUPPOSED to be played, his album is called “Underwater” and it’s gorgeous, btw.
 
TL;DR I love my wife a lot a lot so I made a thing to celebrate that fact ♥️
 
📸 credits for pics we didn’t take: @tylershields, @kaelanbarowsky, @mtranphoto, @alberto_rawdriguez, @jblacroix, @niedermueller_photography, @merrittography
 
special thanks to @opusorange for recording me on the keys | Posted on 21/Aug/2022 23:34:15