Joshua Bell, one of the nation's great musicians was playing classical music at the L'enfant Plaza Station, Washington, with a 3.5 million violin, posted as a street musician. What happened next?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
Washington Post wrote:
It was 7:51 a.m. on Friday, January 12, 2007 the middle of the morning rush hour. In the next 43 minutes, as the violinist performed six classical pieces, 1,097 people passed by. Almost all of them were on the way to work, which meant, for almost all of them, a government job...
When we find out it was Joshua Bell playing with a 3.5 million violin, we recognize the beauty of the music. People did not appreciate the music when it was an unknown musician playing.
We appreciate the beauty of life only when it is attached with a high price tag, covered with glamorous jewelery and recognized fame. Do we ever stop by to appreciate the beauty of breathe, of air, of cloud and rains...
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