{"id":43311,"date":"2026-10-03T03:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harissa.com\/news-wp\/?p=43311"},"modified":"2026-10-03T03:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:29:45","slug":"quelque-chose-sur-quoi-sarreter-et-reflechir-par-chantal-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harissa.com\/news-wp\/quelque-chose-sur-quoi-sarreter-et-reflechir-par-chantal-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Quelque chose sur quoi s’arr\u00eater et r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir, par Chantal M."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lu dans un quotidien am\u00e9ricain et traduit par mes soins (donc approximativement, soyez indulgents).\u00a0
La version originale est plus bas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Un violoniste dans le m\u00e9tro\u00a0<\/p>\n

Un homme s’assit dans le m\u00e9tro \u00e0 Washington DC et commen\u00e7a \u00e0 jouer du violon. C’\u00e9tait un matin froid de janvier. Il joua 6 pi\u00e8ces de Bach pendant environ 45 minutes. Pendant ce temps, comme c’\u00e9tait une heure d’affluence, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 calcul\u00e9 que plusieurs milliers de personnes avaient travers\u00e9 la station, la plupart sur le chemin du travail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Au bout de 3 min, un homme d’\u00e2ge moyen remarqua qu’un musicien \u00e9tait en train de jouer. Il ralentit le pas pendant quelques secondes puis acc\u00e9l\u00e9ra pour rattraper le temps perdu.\u00a0
Une minute plus tard, le violoniste re\u00e7ut son premier dollar de pourboire: une femme jeta l’argent dans la caisse, sans s’arr\u00eater et continua \u00e0 marcher.\u00a0
Quelques minutes plus tard, quelqu’un s’adossa au mur pour l’\u00e9couter, mais regarda sa montre et reprit sa course. Il \u00e9tait de toute \u00e9vidence en retard pour le travail.\u00a0
Celui qui fut le plus attentif fut un gar\u00e7on de 3 ans. Sa m\u00e8re le tra\u00eenait, press\u00e9e, mais l’enfant s’arr\u00eata pour regarder le violoniste. Finalement la m\u00e8re le tira plus fort et l’enfant continua \u00e0 marcher en regardant tout le temps derri\u00e8re lui. Cette action fut r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9e par plusieurs autres enfants. Tous les parents, sans exception, les forc\u00e8rent \u00e0 avancer.\u00a0
Durant les 45 minutes o\u00f9 le musicien joua, seulement 6 personnes s’arr\u00eat\u00e8rent et rest\u00e8rent un moment. Environ 20 personnes lui donn\u00e8rent de l’argent mais en continuant de marcher normalement. Il re\u00e7ut 32 dollars. Quand il s’arr\u00eata de jouer et que le silence reprit ses droits, personne ne le remarqua. Personne n’applaudit ou ne manifesta un signe de reconnaissance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Personne ne le savait, mais le violoniste \u00e9tait Joshua Bell, l’un des meilleurs musiciens du monde. Il joua l’un des morceaux les plus difficiles jamais \u00e9crits, avec un violon d’une valeur de 3,5 millions de dollars.\u00a0
2 jours avant qu’il ne joue dans le m\u00e9tro, il jouait \u00e0 guichets ferm\u00e9s dans un th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Boston, o\u00f9 les places avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 vendues, en moyenne, 100 dollars chaque.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ceci est une histoire vraie. Joshua Bell jouant incognito dans le m\u00e9tro \u00e9tait une exp\u00e9rience, organis\u00e9e par le Washington Post, sur la perception, le go\u00fbt et les priorit\u00e9s des gens. L’argument en \u00e9tait: Percevons-nous la beaut\u00e9? Nous arr\u00eatons-nous pour l’appr\u00e9cier? Reconnaissons-nous le talent dans un contexte inattendu?\u00a0<\/p>\n

L’une des conclusions possibles \u00e0 une telle exp\u00e9rience pourrait \u00eatre celle-ci:\u00a0
Si nous n’avons pas un moment pour nous arr\u00eater et \u00e9couter l’un des meilleurs musiciens du monde jouer la meilleure musique jamais \u00e9crite, combien d’autres choses ratons-nous?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chantal M.<\/p>\n

A Violinist in the Metro
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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.<\/p>\n

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping and continued to walk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.\u00a0
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two days before his playing in the subway, tickets for Joshua Bell’s performance at a theater in Boston were sold out and the seats averaged $100.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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