This started from an email from Glory. My hotmail would occasionally recieve some mails from her, and normally, I wouldn't read them until I decide to clean up my flooded mailbox. However, this heading caught my eye strangely and instantly, and there I was reading it through.
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Nice piece of observation to share
Good one
PERCEPTION
. . .Something To Think About. .. .
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed 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 quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over.. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition..
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest 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 Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
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 people's priorities.
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 possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
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?
How many special persons pass us by and we do not MAKE ANY EFFORT TO get to know them?
Pass this on to all of the special persons in your life...
I just did!
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Part of me wasn't very convinced, so I went to google it out. And yea, it was real. There were videos and write ups floating around, kind of saying how little appreciation was shown for the performance.
...No comments, though I hoped there was a video of the entire thing with no 'speed ups'. Wondered how the music was like then? At the end of the youtube video, when there was a dialogue going on, I quite felt some relief, at least someone talked to him.
Anyways... that's about it. Back to the video editing and compositing work.... T_T
