sorry Imissed the earlier thread, I even did a search ..

The interesting thing I thought was -. Most of those who stopped and listened seemed to have some kind of music background

The bit about the children is interesting as well..
Ive most enjoyed busking myself when kids stop and listen and start dancing I agree with the above post those are priceless moments..

Funny thing is I was playing in the kitchen last night and when I stopped my two year old daughter - who was dancing around the corner and went yaay - more? Of course it was not that long ago that shed start crying everytime I picked up the fiddle and my wife sat down at the piano (it meant that she would have less attention for a while)

I do agree the article may be a bit patronizing, but there is a bit of truth - to its primary point - we're often so caught up that we dont stop to smell the roses.. I know that people only have so much time to get to the office ..but not even looking to acknowledge the musician?

it reminded me of a moment last year when I was driving --and in a hurry to get some job over to a customer-- I happened to glance to my left and just beside the highway I spotted two eagles that came together at that moment and grasped talons and tumbled to the ground - and I swear were going to hit the ground but just broke up in time and flew apart.. The whole episode only took 2-3 seconds, but it changed the rest of the day for me - and I felt blessed at witnessing that.

immediately I looked around at all the traffic around me and no one seemed to have noticed it.. They were all staring straight ahead and on their cellphones...