Had lots of thoughts. Came away with one.

[wednesday42]

I have a backlog of links to various news stories, videos, and other miscellanea that variously hit my "Shiny!" button. I had intended to get them wrangled into shape and finally post them. Then I went to Facecult and had one of those rare moments of actually seeing something that hit me so hard that I'm sharing it now instead of those other

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[tortoisegirl]

Oh lol, a school official gave a speech at my sister's graduation that was pretty much this story, including the moral at the end word for word. And here I thought he's written it himself.

[wednesday42]

Nothing new under the sun, I suppose - even if most of us never notice. ;D

[blythechild]

I think that the important take-away here is that the children noticed. One can infer that our tendancy to tune out greatness in a common setting is LEARNED BEHAVIOUR. Which means that we can un-learn it, if we choose to.

In T.O. our transit system encourages musicians to play in the tunnels. Artists bid for prime locations. Over the years, I have seen the same shamasin player in almost every station on the main lines. His music is heartbreaking and it stops me every. single. damn. time. I think that he knows me now because he smiles whenever I show up...

[pink_siamese]

If you follow the link to the original story, there's a short video clip. I watched it, and...wow. I can't believe no one stopped.