Nice article Sujil ... Somehow your forwards are always thought provoking ... Thanks for this and keep sending more. The W.H Davies Poem Leisure, that the article mentions, was taught to us at School if you all remember "What is this life if full of care, no time to stand and stare ... I remember about half of it ...Sadly, we all wait for an environment to appreciate beauty, but does beauty need an environment ?... We wait to go on a Holiday to see something like a sunrise or sunset and yet if the same sunset can be seen from a spot on our way home from work everyday ... we do not wait ...
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:08:52 +0000From: [email protected]: [email protected]: Re: Perception and Priorities..... i just finished reading the article...and man it has been dealt with so much depth. i cant even write,...i am mesmerised. beauty needs an environemtn to appreciated On 1/14/09, Anil Nair <[email protected]> wrote: This is so true. about how we dont spend a minute appreciating the things around us in this busy world. thanks for sharing sujil On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Archana Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: Brilliant idea by Washington Post..superb! On 1/14/09, Sujil Pingulkar <[email protected]> wrote: A Violinist in the MetroA 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. <br_________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VaniV88-89" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/VaniV88-89?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
