liqeitsynthagm: Penique Productions - El Claustro, 2011
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actegratuit: Ken Danby
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anitaleocadia: Heather Horton
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metalhearts: Joey Bates
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devidsketchbook: Artist JOANNE GRÜNE-YANOFF “Bird Headphones”...
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The Little Mermaid, Ewa Ludwiczak
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Water Spirits, Ewa Ludwiczak
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ruineshumaines: T III Inception door Pantone colour slides,...
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industrialist: Kolonivehus is an art installation constructed...
Kolonivehus is an art installation constructed from a steel structure welded and painted by the artist, and found plexiglass displayed in a mosaic of colors and dimensions.
More than 1,000 pieces of recycled plexiglass found in different situations were used in the construction of the Kolonivehus. Beautifully decorating the plaza, the 12 x 12 x 14 feet plexiglass house is fun to look at in daylight, but even more interesting during nighttime.
Designer: Tom Fruin
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2headedsnake: tatitati.cgsociety.org Francisco Albert Albusac -...
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rosewong: I can finally do art work yayyy Proof I’m still alive...
I can finally do art work yayyy
Proof I’m still alive and that I will make it through finals week.
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maruti-bitamin: stranger
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pulmonaire: Stillness in Motion is a sculpture by Olga...
Stillness in Motion is a sculpture by Olga Ziemska. The piece is made entirely from cut willow branches that have been cut and stacked to create a human figure.
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Beatriz Martin-Vidal
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Beatriz Martin-Vidal
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tacticalshoyu: French artist Rachel Lévy photographs flowers...
French artist Rachel Lévy photographs flowers that are past their prime: wilting, fading and revealing visible signs of decay. Nonetheless, captured in the last fleeting moments before perishing, they are strikingly beautiful.
*ALLLLL living things age. Here’s one for our youth-obsessed society.
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electrikthunder: Beautiful naturist oil and acrylic paintings...
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cordisre: Mirror Sculptures by Rob Mulholland
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zanthi: Photographer Kelly McCollam’s Salt of the Earth...
Photographer Kelly McCollam’s Salt of the Earth series.
For her fine art work, she uses salt, food coloring, and spices to create unique, Pointillism-inspired images including remakes of Van Gogh’s paintings and other landscape scenes.
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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to...
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
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?
(Photo of Joshua Bell by Eric Kabik)
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