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- OP310
^similar in a way
- OP310
^similar in a way
- similar b/c of the double post.OP31
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- -kappa-0
This is so awesome. Please take a moment to read:
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 1,100 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, and 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, and 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 most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $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 conclusions 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?
- sorry if it been posted or if you've seen it, but this is a good read.-kappa-
- New to me. I love when good musicians are playing in the subway here in Chicago.mg33
- yeah, great. at the shopping complex in my neighborhood there used to be a trolley-collector who sang opera while working...sine
- ... working. everyone knew him. his voice filled the parking lot like an opera house. don't know what happened to him.sine
- hopefully he's singing opera and not still collecting shopping trolleys.sine
- Should've played a bigger venue. People skirt through there in 20 seconds - hardly time enough for recognition.detritus
- Also, violins - like accordions and bagpipes - are fucking annoying out of context.detritus
- i remember this from a few years ago. really awesome. it pays to stop and listen sometimes.pizzafire
- +1 @detritusHAYZ1LLLA
- Akagiyama0
"Time To Say Goodbye" performed by Andrea Bocelli and...WTF??
- kingsteven0
Eat timeline,
- i have the weirdest erection right nowautoflavour
- you should see a doctor. not a physicist tho.Beeswax
- haha, thats from Iceland :D
Crazy vikings.benfal99
- OP310
- haha I had glasses like that too and I would do jordanesque dunks constantly in my room.Beeswax
- hahahahaMiguex
- Who said white men can't jump?utopian
- Young Blake Griffin?HijoDMaite
- Beeswax0
- HAHA.. WTF...Ramanisky2
- haha, brilliant.
Meaowwex.detritus - hahahahaha, this good.********
- drgs0
this is gonna be great
- TheMagicSheep0
"This is at the cafe inside the Memphis Zoo. The manager of the cafe told me that the alpha male monkey noticed me the second I walked in the door and started going crazy, because, as the alpha male, he feels threatened by tall males. So she told me to go stand by the window and turn my back on him and that he would "attack" me..."
- sick moves!lvl_13
- lol this is awesome!Ironmonkey
- wowscarabin
- Holy shit, didn't see that coming...aldebaran
- that would have fucked him up, he worked that momentum.********
- hahaha :D
sick!benfal99
- robotron3k0
- hahahahahahkingsteven
- hahahahaaaaaaaacruddlebub
- what teh???74LEO
- hahahahafugged
- lolsrhadden
- hahahaMiguex
- hahaha********
- scarabin0
so good