Do you have time for beauty?


	Do you have time for beauty?

Communicator

1-14-2009 12:48 PM

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joshua bell, social experiement, music

Communicator says:

This is a real story based on an experiment organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.

The Washington Post won a Pulitzer in the feature writing category for Gene Weingaten's April 2007 story about this experiment.

See source for more information.

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1-14-2009 5:48 PM

Antara

I will pop this everytime as it remains one of the best clips ever

1-15-2009 9:39 AM

einbar

I will pop this everytime as it remains one of the best clips ever

1-15-2009 11:07 AM

Communicator

Great addition einbar. Thanks!

1-15-2009 11:16 AM

abailart

A beautiful clip. As soon as I saw it I recalled the clip which points to the presence of beauty in the ordinary, how we pass by beauty every day. http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2135B764-0B43-4354-B605-06D0E7E9A57D/

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