What does Glass Piano represent?

The Glass Piano is a symbol of Elf's inner agony. Glass is fragile and must be treated with care lest it breaks. A piano is a symbol of music. It stands for escapism, emotions, joy, sadness, and community. Elf tells Yoli she has a glass piano inside her. In Elf’s hands, it represents sorrow, grief, voyeurism. Elf uses her piano playing to share and reinforce her feelings of overwhelming sorrow. Her audiences become swept up into her sorrows and experience her inner agony. She has internalized a piano as a circular way to fuel her sorrow. That it is made of glass shows the fragility of internalizing sorrow and the danger of it destroying her.