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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist.

Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the top musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written,with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station

was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty?

Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

So I spent most of the day chillin at my grandparents house…it was pretty ok until my grandpa started singing. It wasn’t that his singing was bad, [I mean where do you think I got my pipes from] but it was that he was singing the same 2 verses to this one gospel song over and over and over again for about 1 1/2 hours..NO JOKE.

^^The pic above explains my mood^^

My grandma, who was tryna get her nap on was woken up by this broken record and grabbed the closest thing to her, a [large print] bible, and chucked it right at his head. He ceased singing. Dat biblical justice is a bitch doh, huh?

Sooooo…I’m gonna start using this nifty little book [made from recycled materials] that I found in a book store [that was going out of business] to share my tumblz with you guys…I think it’ll be cute, although it may seem to be a rip off of Sumz tumblr, which it is, but I’m hoping that I can pull this off in a way that takes her idea and puts my spin on it making it totally unique. :D Enjoy!

Sittin in my bed eatin dem Upple Jucks… :D

quietsnooze:

HEY GUYS!

I’m having a little contest in which one of you lucky buggers gets your very own TF2 Dispenser plushie! It will be a happy RED plush similar to the one seen above.

What I need you to do:

• Reblogs count as entries!
• One entry per person, please! Only reblog once!
• Likes do not count toward the raffle winner.
• Followers are greatly appreciated, but again, not counted toward the contest!

The winner will be chosen at random. Contest ends on my birthday, February 22nd~

I’m giving myself the month to make this little guy, so he’s ready to be shipped out to you when the contest is done. If you want your own plushie, whether it’s BLU or sapped or one of the class plushies, you can find my Etsy listing here or at my tumblr.

Good luck, and happy reblogging!

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Babby cabbages!!! I love brussel sprouts!

…speachless…