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Posted by Edgar on April 9, 2007, 7:04 pm
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>>>> http://tinyurl.com/32a32w
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>>>> Must be my time of the billing cycle.
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>>>
>>> Must be a Washington thing because I have many friends who play the
>>> subways in NYC. Not Joshua Bell quality or anything but damn good
>>> musicians. On average, during one 3 hr rush hour (oxymoron?) at a
>>> similarily busy subway station, they routinely make about $20-30 an
>>> hour. For most it's a matter of "hey if I'm going to practice today
>>> anyhow, why not practice in public and make a few bucks".
>>>
>>> But Bell said it best: "Actually," Bell said with a laugh, "that's not
>>> so bad, considering. That's 40 bucks an hour. I could make an okay
>>> living doing this, and I wouldn't have to pay an agent."
>>>
>>> What's sad about that?
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>> The lack of appreciation.
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> I should say, of the art. It's not wholly unlike the destruction of those
> amazing stone Buddhas by the Taliban.
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> http://www.artsjournal.com/issues/Taliban.htm
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> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
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Buddha says your too attached to impermanent things.
You desire appreciation, and desire leads to suffering. Let it go.
Ask the Hot Dog vendor to make you one with everything.
Or something like that :-P
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Edgar
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