intrigued

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews

The article is pretty long, but it's very interesting. What would happen when you put Joshua Bell in a Washington Metro station during rush hour, playing a $3.5M Strad, posing as a street musician? I learned a couple of things from this...
1) iPods drowns you out of your surroundings
2) people are often blinded by their priorities
3) everything has a context
4) children has a better appreciation of the arts then any adults ever will

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Thank you adooma, that was an interesting take on that subject. I think she's right about how Bell wasn't able to interact with the crowd because he was out of his element and therefore effected his performance. But on a level, I don't think that was the point of the stunt. If those same people who passed by were given tickets that cost hundreds of dollars, they would try to make an effort to appreciate the performance. I'm not saying people don't appreciate the arts. What I'm saying is, on the average, people are not trained to know what they are listening to. If everything sounds the same to them, how would they gage how much it is worth? A lot of people turn to so called experts for what they thing, and more so with celebrities. Another way to do it is with monetary value. If it's expensive, then it must be good. I'm not saying if I were there I could tell the difference and would stop to listen. If I had my priorities I probably would just make note that the guy was good, and go about my way. I'm not sure what my exact point is, but I'm sure it is along the lines where people need to be more cultured, and we should bring the arts back into schools.