I have just received an e-mail, and had to investigate more...
A social experiment using one of the finest young violinists in America took place in April 2007. The experiment was to see if people would stop and appreciate the music he played in a busy Washington D.C. metro (underground) station. He had roughly 22 people stop to listen to him, and appreciate his playing, and raised around $US32.
Considering Joshua Bell can play to packed concert halls, each ticket equating to somewhere between $US50 and $US100, it can possibly be determined that we don't take the time to appreciate fine music. Not only that, we don't take time to, not relax, but to savour those moments worth remembering and appreciating. (There's that word again.) Perhaps it's time to take a moment, enjoy a show (all 2:36 of it), and watch how people don't even realise what a wonderful musician can accomplish on a Stradivarius Violin (worth $3.5mil).
Take time, people, to stop and smell the roses, as well as appreciate and savour the moment. It's worth it, sometimes, and you might not even realise who you're watching, or why what you're viewing is so wonderful... It's great because it just is... (Yeah, great grammar, I know...but I don't care!)
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