Would YOU have noticed? I wouldn't....
This article blew my mind. The Washington Post put Joshua Bell, arguably America's greatest classical violinist, in the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station and had him play for an hour to see if passersby would stop to appreciate random beauty during their morning commute. The WP expected a mob scene, but most people didn't even notice that there _was_
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Hey there, stranger. ;) (Speaking of which, give me a shout or throw me an email some day, I'd love to actually *catch up* as opposed to scattershot LJ (which I don't read consistently anyway.)
Yeah, that's the thing--the decision to contribute money to street performers is something I'm still struggling with.
There were a fair number of good ones in Montreal. Usually, if they were good and I had anything on me, I'd throw something in.
And that lady in the article who recognized him gave him $20--that's like giving Michael Jordan a buck for valet parking your car. I see the sentiment, but I don't know if it translates--$20 isn't even worth his time to bend down and pick up, but it's probably a big deal to her. So perplexing.
It is. But at the same time, for most people, they aren't even going to stop, whether or not they give money. So a buck thrown down for 30 seconds of music? I don't know.
It does work pretty well to throw in the face of people who say that if anyone was any good, they would make money in the metro.
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That's fine. How about this: write a largely empty email that says something like "Hi!" to the email on my userprofile.
I will then hit "reply".
We can try taking it from there. :)
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