Talk "for life"

[bykinist]

A cold January morning in one of the subway stations of Washington located the man and began to play the violin. During the 45 minutes he played six pieces. During this time, as it was rush hour, past it has been more than a thousand people, most of them were going to work. After three minutes a middle aged man noticed the musician. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few moments and ... then hurried on her way.
A minute later, the violinist received his first earnings: a woman threw the money in the case and, without stopping, continued to walk. Just a few minutes later, a man leaned against the wall to listen to, but soon, he looked at his watch and continued on his way.
Musician has got the most attention from the three year old boy. His mother hastily led him away, but the boy stopped to look at the violinist. Mom pulled a little harder and the boy continued to move, constantly looking back. This situation was repeated with several other children. Without exception, the parents did not let them linger for a moment.
For 45 minutes of the game, only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while, another 20 without stopping, threw money. The man collected a total of $ 32. None of the passers-by did not know what the violinist was Joshua Bell - one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million. Two days before he took the subway to his concert in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100, was sold out.
Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro is part of a social experiment by the Washington Post about perception, taste and people's priorities, the principles of which were, in the everyday environment at an inappropriate moment we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context? One of the findings from this experiment could be this: If we can not find time for that to stop for a little while and listen to the best ever written music performed by one of the best musicians in the world, if the pace of modern life is so all-consuming that we become blind and deaf to such things - then what else are we missing?