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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
While stumbling around the net today trying to look for topics I could write about for work, I came upon this article. Briefly, if you don't have the time to follow the link, it tells of a social experiment that the Washington Post did in a subway about" perception, taste and priorities of people." The results were disheartening. The story captured my imagination so I decided to see if there was a video of it or about it on youtube (since, well almost everything is on youtube nowadays). I got lucky on my first try and saw the video (below). There was one woman who recognized the violinist but I decided to exercise my creative freedom a bit. And so here's the script I came up with. Laying his bag on the floor, the violinist took out his violin from its case and began to play. As the music flowed from his heart to his violin and to the milling crowd at the subway station where he stood, not one of the people passing by looked his way. The violinist closed his eyes as he continued to play. When he opened them again, he saw a child staring at him, rapt in his music. His mouth agape, he continued to watch even as his mother pushed him towards the stairs that led to the platform. At the top of the stairs, the boy looked back one last time, clearly wishing he could stay and listen some more. The violinist smiled, ever so slightly, and closed his eyes again.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Absolutely cracked Liz and I up today. What a riot. Labels: humor, oprah, tom cruise, youtube |
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