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April 8th, 2007 | View Comments
I was making my regular blog rounds when I followed a link from Miss Snark and wound up here.
The piece really spoke to me, a classically-trained ex-violinist (Joshua Bell, I bow at your feet), someone who’s had a number of friends play on street corners for spare cash (and a few did better than Joshua Bell did), and someone who has a very low opinion of the rat race precisely because it robs us of the ability to appreciate peace and beauty and life in a form that doesn’t glorify instant gratification and slavish devotion to electronics.
Go read. Watch. And absorb.
Yvonne posted this on April 8th, 2007 @ 4:34pm in Life | Permalink to "Smelling the Roses"
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2. Yvonne » April 9th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
The posted link was broken, but I believe this to be the response Michelle was referring to.
It’s a good point. Like I said, I’ve had friends play on the street and a few of them did better than that, and they were just high school kids at the time.
But I do feel compelled to point out that the way I found the intended link is because the exact same comment is posted verbatim on at least a half-dozen blogs. That’s a little spammy for my taste.
3. Elenita » April 14th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Also worth reading: WaPo’s follow up chat session with the article’s author.
1. Michelle » April 9th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
There is a great response to the Joshua Bell article by a NYC subway musician in her blog
She interprets the situation differently from the Washington Post reporters… I thought you might find it interesting.