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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on April 10, 2007, 8:39 am
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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?
>>>
>>> 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.
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> 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
> --
> Edgar
You've got a point, but I don't want to get to attached to the idea of
avoiding suffering either....
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