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10-30-2009, 12:44 PM #1
How many things are we missing?
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but...
Click here to find out (skip down to below "1 Hour," where this leaves us)...cool stuff.
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10-30-2009, 01:21 PM #2
That is very cool. To be honest though I probably would have just kept walking as well.
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10-30-2009, 02:08 PM #3
One of my professors showed this to us over the summer and used it as an illustration of how God is working all around us but sometimes we're too busy to even stop and notice the beautiful things he's doing.
Very cool study indeed!
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10-30-2009, 02:10 PM #4
Darren, here's a link to the video if interested:
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10-30-2009, 02:13 PM #5
Very cool, Ryan, thanks!
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10-30-2009, 02:36 PM #6
Thanks for sharing
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10-30-2009, 07:03 PM #7
Link doesn't work due to an internal error or something, but that's actually kind of sad, just what's posted here...but, I can't say that I'd stop and listen for a long while...it depends, I guess...but, I would at least make an attempt to listen for a minute, and make eye contact with the person, even if it was just as I was walking by.
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10-30-2009, 07:59 PM #8
For some reason, it does that from time to time...try it again and it should work. The pay off is the best part.
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10-30-2009, 08:34 PM #9
very interesting thread, haven't heard about this before...just read this article from the washington post about the experiment
i can say with certainty that I would have been one of the ones who stopped & listened...i love the sound of violins, and i've stopped for many street musicians before....no idea who josh bell is, but you could just tell from the sound in the videos that he is an incredible player
this is a cool excerpt from the article...
Like all the passersby interviewed for this article, Picarello was stopped by a reporter after he left the building, and was asked for his phone number. Like everyone, he was told only that this was to be an article about commuting. When he was called later in the day, like everyone else, he was first asked if anything unusual had happened to him on his trip into work. Of the more than 40 people contacted, Picarello was the only one who immediately mentioned the violinist.
"There was a musician playing at the top of the escalator at L'Enfant Plaza."
Haven't you seen musicians there before?
"Not like this one."
What do you mean?
"This was a superb violinist. I've never heard anyone of that caliber. He was technically proficient, with very good phrasing. He had a good fiddle, too, with a big, lush sound. I walked a distance away, to hear him. I didn't want to be intrusive on his space."
Really?
"Really. It was that kind of experience. It was a treat, just a brilliant, incredible way to start the day."
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10-30-2009, 08:38 PM #10
The problem is when I am trying to commute I usually cut my schedule way to close. I just don't have time to stop. If this was done on a weekend or after work I would probably listen but normally I just don't have time.
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Originally Posted by garnett_21 
