Rushing

The Washington Post recently conducted an experiment by having Joshua Bell, arguably one of the best violin players, stand in a DC subway station and play on a Stradivarius for about 45 minutes. They did it to see if beauty could transcend the rush hour. In short, the answer was no. He received $32 and change from 27 people out of the 1070 people who rushed by and only 7 people stopped to listen for a minute. When the story was published, some people wrote back to say that they actually wept when they read it. The findings resonated with so many people, including myself. For a short video of the experiment and the article itself, click ......I tried to put a link but couldn't do it. Go wo washingtonpost.com and look for "Pearls before Breakfast" for a great article and amazing videos of the performance/experiment.