The Sad State of Our Overbusied Lives
Very cool article from the Washington Post, in which they did a bit of guerrilla journalism.
The Post got Joshua Bell, one of the world's premier violinists, to take his Stradavarius to L'Enfant Plaza Metro Stop and play for 43 minutes incognito. The man played some of the greatest pieces in his repertoire with passion and verve. Out of the 1000+ people who passed by, something like 10 actually stopped to take note of what was, in all likelihood, the most transcendent piece of art they are likely to encounter in their lives. All told, a man who earns $1000+/hr on stage, took in ~$32. It's sort of a sad commentary on the hurried, myopic state of modern life.
What's just as sad, is that despite playing violin for >10 years, I'm not entirely sure that I would have stopped either. I'd like to hope that I would, but who knows...
The Post got Joshua Bell, one of the world's premier violinists, to take his Stradavarius to L'Enfant Plaza Metro Stop and play for 43 minutes incognito. The man played some of the greatest pieces in his repertoire with passion and verve. Out of the 1000+ people who passed by, something like 10 actually stopped to take note of what was, in all likelihood, the most transcendent piece of art they are likely to encounter in their lives. All told, a man who earns $1000+/hr on stage, took in ~$32. It's sort of a sad commentary on the hurried, myopic state of modern life.
What's just as sad, is that despite playing violin for >10 years, I'm not entirely sure that I would have stopped either. I'd like to hope that I would, but who knows...
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