Discover beauty where least expected

The famous violinist Joshua Bell played incognito at a metro station in Washington D.C. and hardly anyone had the time to linger and listen during rush hour traffic. This video was uploaded in 2007 but Facebook users are spreading the video now, 5 years later.

Mr. Bell played for 45 minutes and made $32; only two days prior he sold out at a theatre in Boston where the seats went for an average of $100. On their routine way to work only 6 people took the time to stick around and listen. They received a $100 performance without knowing it.

Social media channels live from their fast spreading and up-to-date news. But we cannot forget that the people ‘make’ social media and an incident like this one is timeless and so is the message it delivers.

The experiment was conducted by the Washington Post to get answers to the following questions:
Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

Their conclusion:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

So remember to take a break and just listen and you might perceive beauty where least expected!