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Nastysvt
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found this and thought it was interesting
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?
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coupedup
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Good read and point taken.
Sometimes in our fast pace lives we miss out on things that are important and don't realize untill afterward the significance of what we've missed.
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slow4v
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Originally posted by RONIN:
Good read and point taken.
Sometimes in our fast pace lives we miss out on things that are important and don't realize untill afterward the significance of what we've missed.
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DIRTY SALLY
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Have any of you guys been to fishermenswarlf? In san fransico? Thoses dudes who are painted silver and like robots are hella funny I stopped and watched for like 30mins. But I saw someone playin a valion on bart or something I probley think "man this is somebullshit" lol I bet none of you guys would reconize a world class vilon player ![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif) .
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Thats hella true...
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Well what the hell do they think would of happened
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Originally posted by slow2v:
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Originally posted by RONIN:
Good read and point taken.
Sometimes in our fast pace lives we miss out on things that are important and don't realize untill afterward the significance of what we've missed.
+1
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66_5.0
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Nice read
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JUNKYARD5.0
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Nice!
Do you have a link? Would like to share this with some friends.
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phil a
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Originally posted by DIRTY SALLY:
lol I bet none of you guys would reconize a world class vilon player .
Seen him in concert before, fucking ridiculously talented
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Ric88Notch
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Originally posted by RONIN:
Good read and point taken.
Sometimes in our fast pace lives we miss out on things that are important and don't realize untill afterward the significance of what we've missed.
+100
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SteveL
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Maybe they can get him to play under the overpass before a Sharks game. The usual players could use some help.
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Good read but I don't think that our fast paced life styles kept the people from stopping to appreciate it. Most just don't know what it is. Honestly when you got done reading that did you say to your self "omg I can't believe that no one recognized him or his talent" would you have stopped to listen to some random person playing a song you do not know on an instrument you do not know of a type of music you do not know? And who said a violenists song is beauty to everyone? ever hear of the saying: beauty is in the eye of the beholder?
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87MclarenMustang
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If you search Joshua bell under YouTube this is the first thing that comes up. They actually have a Video of this situation.
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DIRTY SALLY
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Originally posted by phil a:
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Originally posted by DIRTY SALLY:
lol I bet none of you guys would reconize a world class vilon player .
Seen him in concert before, fucking ridiculously talented
Not to be a dick or anything but why? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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cool story, but the violin? I mean its not like it was ray charles on a piano or jimi hendrix on a guitar, something that the majority would recognize. I still wouldnt pay attention it if i heard it, the only cool part was that the violin was worth 3.5 mil.
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Blk93pny
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Originally posted by Cobra 93-4992:
Cool story bruh
not to mention this is super old news ,it happend like 4yrs ago,atleast the youtube vid did
YOU really gotta be gay to think this is interesting,i mean only FAGS lisen to fags play a violin
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phil a
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Originally posted by DIRTY SALLY:
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Originally posted by phil a:
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Originally posted by DIRTY SALLY:
lol I bet none of you guys would reconize a world class vilon player .
Seen him in concert before, fucking ridiculously talented
Not to be a dick or anything but why?
Figure he's one of the best in the world at what he does, I'm interested in anyone that's reached that high up in their field of choice I guess.
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