Brilliant idea by Washington Post..superb! On 1/14/09, Sujil Pingulkar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A Violinist in the Metro > > A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the > violin; it was a cold January morning. > He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. > During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand > of people went through the station, > most of them on their way to work. > > Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician > playing. > He slowed his pace, stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet > his schedule. > > A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw > the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. > > A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but > the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. > Clearly he was late for work. > > The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. > His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the > violinist. > Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his > head all the time. > This action was repeated by several other children. > All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on. > > In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for > a while. > About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. > He collected $32. > When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one > applauded, nor was there any recognition. > > No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell , one of the best > musicians in the world. > He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written; with a violin > worth 3.5 million dollars. > > Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a > theatre in Boston and the average ticket was $100. > > This is a real story. > > Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the > Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and > priorities of people. > > The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: > Do we perceive beauty? > Do we stop to appreciate it? > Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? > > One of the possible inferences from this experience could be: > * > If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians > in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are > we missing?* > > Read the full article here ....its kind a long but good > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it > out.<http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009> > > > >
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