Outspoken Poet's Blog

"In Washington DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

After about four minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About four minutes later, the violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At six minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At ten minutes, a three-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At forty-five minutes: The musician played continuously. Only six people stopped and listened for a short while. About twenty gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After one hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.

This experiment raised several questions:

In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

If so, do we stop to appreciate it?

Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?"

Hi there,I see you're still hanging around.Good,good as I will grant you with some more cerebrall parabolla today.

Heroin!

Did you know that a hundred years ago Heroin was being sold as a medicine,advertised to aleviate caugh?Though not discovered by Bayer but still trademarked by them and developed by Heinrich Dresser,this "medicine" was said to be "non-addictive".

In 1989 Bayern registered and marketed dyacetilmorphyne under the brand name Heroin and was a short succes due to its staggering power to reduce pain.Short after however it was realised just how addictive and detrimental to human health Heroin was and it was pulled out of the marked.Still the facts remain that the producers were aware of the substance and its molecullar compounds and the effects they might have,plus it passed human testing before release!

Open up your eyes,realise those lies!

(c) Outspoken Poet

.Come here my friend,have a doubt.You know what?As a matter of fact,have two.

Freedom!Are you a free person?Most of you will probably say yes.The truth is that 99% of the people reading this are not.Do you know that as of June 2010 the USA,UK alongside 20 other European countries,China,Japan and some other asian nations,Australia,New Zealand and others will have(most of them already do) laws permitting access to every citizens phones,e-mail and skype,msn etc. conversations and corespondency,physical mail records,debit/credit card records,everything that can be tracked or tapped into really.And this will be possible if the respective authority reckognizes one as a threat to national security without any handbook to draw criteria from - all based on personal estimation.And more over there is no burecracy-all the respective authority has to do is sign a written statement in their report - POSTFACTUM!Even if you switch your cellphone off the inbuild GPS will still be active and you cane be localised via satelites within a 20 meter radius for some mere 2-3 minutes.

Oh so you don't have a cell phone,you don't use plastic cards and you cifer all your e-mails?You do have an Id don't you?This means that any govermentall oficiall with the neccesary clearance (80% of them) can access your details via any PC connected to the internet in 3-5 minutes.This means,name,DoB,height,appearance,weight,address and by means of your medical record nad partly your travel history.And no burocracy is needed for this action.

You don't have an ID?Damn,your some jackrabbit.You were born werent you,and probably in a hospital, no ;) You have attended school at some point,no?You have participated in quizes,sporting events,talent shows,lotaries,no?

And if you are reading this at the moment tracking you is a walk in the park.You pc has an ID(IP) and cookies and registries record your motion through the web.Anyone with the neccesary skills and software can find your location in a 20 meter radius within 10 minutes.
But you're still free to do what ever you want.And I encourage you to do so ;)

God!Your God.Most of you probably believe in god,though most probably haven't read the old testament.If you had,did this passage alert you in any way?
"And God said:Let us make man in our image,in our resembelance..." (Genesis 1:26).OUR image???Wait,wait,wasn't there one single creator god in christianity?What is this then?

What about judean "history" and God Jahve? In their oldest books God Jahve is addressed with the multiple elohim as opposed to the single el. Elohim was also used in archaic hebrew as a word for gods or godlike entities.So how come in to main religions "mistakes" like this occur?You think about it.Though if you really want to find out something more about your "God" find a translation of the Sumerian epic of creation,as it is prooven that the foundations of Genesis and Judaism have a lot of sumerian copy-pasting.

Open up your eyes,realise those lies!