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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ModelSriLanka" data-source="post: 14254025" data-attributes="member: 311006"> [YOUTUBE]UM21gPmkDpI[/YOUTUBE] 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? <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /> </blockquote>

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