The death of beauty

So this article was written some 4 years ago. But it is about how a world famous violin player anonymously played in a washington D.C. subway to see if ordinary people recognized beauty and superb quality music for the Washington Post.

I originally thought this article was going to be boring and one of those that would take forever to read. But once I began to read the article, it swiftly went by and caused only a sense of sadness over how people do not take a moment out of their day to enjoy the world around them, and merely focus on the challenges ahead.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html

As quoted in the article from a homeless man...

"What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare."

-- from "Leisure," by W.H. Davies