Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 mins a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

4 mins later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the till and, without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 mins: a 3 year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly, as 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. Every parent, without exception, forced them to move on.

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.

1 hour; he finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. 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 Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $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 people's priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be:

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

Read full story here: [link]

New Deviant "in town"
A young friend of mine. I encourage you to make her a visit, I say she's very promising and it's gonna worth the visit . Some of her deviations are really good!
So, there she is: ~oanuski. Enjoy!


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"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Albert Einstein



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Dudes! ...I've been tagged!

1) Full Name: Hudea-Nojogan Vlad

2) Male/Female: Male

3) Were you named after anyone? Not really.

4) Does your name mean anything? Nope.

5) Nick Name(s): Noji, H, MasterYoda

7) Date Of Birth: 12 nov 1985

8) Place of Birth and Current Location: Zalau, Romania currently in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

9) Nationality: Romanian

11) Sign: Scorpius

12) Religion: Christian

16) Hair + Eye colour: Brown + brown.

18) What do you look like? Like the guy in the DeviantID

20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous? Righty

21) Gay, Straight, Bi, or Other? Straight

27) Boyfriend / Girlfriend: none at the moment

28) Crush: like...can't tell

31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): dunno

37) Person you cry with: i don't cry


Do You Have...

38) Any sisters: 2 of them

39) Any brothers: nope

40) Any pets: 'had a dog and two cats. The last of them was a black cat.

41) An Illness: Insanity ...I'm just a bit wacko.

42) A Pager: nope

43) A Personal phone line: nope

44) A Cell phone: yep, my old phone...still works

46) A Pool or hot tub: nope

47) A Car: none at the moment )...


Describe Your...

48) Personality: funny, carring, a true friend...if u get to know me. I'm a bitch with persons who are bugging me.

49) Driving: Schumacher Fan Forever!

51) Room: messy

52) What’s missing: $$$

53) School: yep. lots of years in school, currently a student at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science very interesting

54) Bed: best place on Earth

55) Relationship with your parent(s): ok


Do You

56) Believe in yourself: YES!

57) Do you believe in love at first sight? No

58) Consider yourself a good listener: Yes

60) Get Along with your parent: Yes

61) Save your e-mail conversations: yeah, I think so

62) Pray: No

63) Believe in reincarnation: No

65) Like to talk on the phone: Ocassionally

66) Like to eat? Hell yeah!

71) Dream in color: Yes

73) Sleep with a stuffed animal: lol No.

What Is

74) Right next to you: my sister

76) On your mouse pad: blue

79) Your dream honeymoon spot: huh?

80) Your dream husband/wife: No Comment

82) Under your bed: the floor

84) Your bad time of the day: Don't know.

85) Your worst fear(s): aaah..Life!

86) The weather like: crappy!

90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: raw meat!

92) The hardest thing about growing up: girls

94) Your scariest moment: the boggie man, when i was a child

96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex? Don't know

98) The worst feeling in the world: Missing somebody

99) The best feeling in the world: Winning

100) 6 people you tag: I refuse to tag someone. If there are any problems ...

so that's all. C u 'round folks

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