Washington DC, a subway station on a cold January morning 2007th A man with a violin playing Bach in an hour. During the hours pass about 2,000 people. After three
my gaming attention of a middle-aged musician and drag down the pace of his steps. He stops a few seconds and then continue on.
After 4 min:
Violinist gets his first dollar. A woman throws the coin in his hat, without stopping.
After about 6 min:
A young man leaned against the fence and listen for a while, but look quickly at the clock and move on.
After 10 minutes:
One child in three-year-old stops, but the mother pulls him further. (Several children stopped but was without exception, forced their parents)
After 45 minutes:
violinist have played continuously. Only six people have stopped and listened for a moment.
Some 20 people have put money in his hat, but most of them without slowing up. The violinist got together $ 32 total.
After 1 h:
Musicians stops playing and there is silence. No one will notice that he stops, no one applauds.
Truth:
Musicians who play are Joshua Bell, one of the greatest living violinists and musicians. He played some of Bach's most challenging pieces in a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars.
Two days earlier, Joshua Bell sold-out houses in Boston, the tickets cost an average of $ 100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell inkognitospelning at the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a sociological exsperiment about perception, taste, and people's priorities.
It asks: "Are we even noticed the beauty of an environment at an inappropriate time? We stop to appreciate the beauty? Do we recognize a talent in an unexpected context? How many of us go to great concerts and pay good money for something we do not have the sense to appreciate? "
One conclusion from the crowd:
If we do not choose to stop when one of the world's best musicians playing some of the best pieces in a of the world's finest instruments ...
HOW MANY OTHER THINGS WE DO NOT MISS OUT ON?
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