One of the world's best violinists
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An beautiful and difficult piece of music
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a $3.5 million violin
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a free performance in a train station.
What do you think would happen if he played for 43 minutes with his violin case open for donations?
- If you answered he would make money, you are somewhat correct. He made $32.17 ($20 from the one woman who recognized him). But, his concert three days before the experiment sold out Boston's Symphony Hall where the cheap seats were $100.
- If you answered people would stop and listen, you are somewhat correct. Out of over 1,000 people that passed, only 7 stopped for a short time. There was never even a small crowd that formed. But 2 weeks later his concert was standing-room only in a nearby city."
(Written by Marcel at Aggie Catholics)
Read more about the violinist, Joshua Bell, & this social experiment: Here
What do you think about this experiment and the (in my opinion) disheartening results?
I think that it shows that people are always too much in a hurry! Only 7 people stopped to listen to beautiful music??! As a society, we need to take the time to "stop and smell the roses" instead of just being so focused on where we need to be and our timetables.... I'm so bad about that!
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