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On that Friday in January, those private questions would be answered in an unusually public way. No one knew it, but the fiddler standing against a bare wall outside the Metro in an indoor arcade at the top of the escalators was one of the finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever written on one of the most valuable violins ever made. His performance was arranged by The Washington Post as an experiment in context, perception and priorities — as well as an unblinking assessment of public taste: In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?
I’ve been taking the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station ride on and off for over 15 years. Unfortunately, I would probably be one of those guys who wouldn’t have taken the time to enjoy Joshua Bell’s brilliance. Let’s hope that I can learn to slow down long enough to enjoy life a little in 2011.
Oldy, but a goody.
