Hello Steve, if I were there I would have stopped stayed and listened. I love classical music. To bad the other people couldent stay and listen. Thanks for sharing. Original message: > Stop And Hear The Music > A man sat at a Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007 and > started to play the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 > minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated > that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on > their way to work. > Three minutes passed by and a middle aged man noticed there was a > 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, continued to walk. > A few minutes later, a man leaned against the wall to listen to him, > then 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 who stopped, > but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at > the violinist again, but the mother pulled hard and the child continued > to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by > several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their > children to move on. > In the 45 minutes that the musician played, only 6 people stopped and > stayed for a while. About 20 gave money continued to walk at their > normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.17. > 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 > greatest classical musicians in the world playing some of the most > intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. > The musician did not play popular tunes whose familiarity alone might > have drawn interest. That was not the test. These were masterpieces > that have endured for centuries on their brilliance alone, soaring > music befitting the grandeur of cathedrals and concert halls. > This is a true 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 the priorities of people. > The questions raised - In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour: > Do we perceive beauty? > Do we stop to appreciate it? > Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context? > One of the possible conclusions from this experiment could be: If we do > not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in > the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of > the most beautiful instruments ever made... > How many other things are we missing?
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