Monday, April 9, 2007

Art without a Frame

This piece is fun read. Here's the question: In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?

"(Joshua Bell's) performance was arranged by The Washington Post as an experiment in context, perception and priorities -- as well as an unblinking assessment of public taste." There are even three videos.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a great response to the Joshua Bell article by a NYC subway musician in her blog: www.SawLady.com/blog
She interprets the situation differently from the Washington Post reporters... I thought you might find it interesting.

janjamm said...

Thanks for the lead. It is a great site. I have linked to it in a further response to my original post. I appreciate your pointing. jamm