tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post163136963690691244..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: I was going to post about something entirely different...DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-4368237125103668722010-07-05T20:06:27.427+01:002010-07-05T20:06:27.427+01:00I love all the different slants on this story - it...I love all the different slants on this story - it's so multi-layered and is such a telling commentary on our culture.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-35538382289061258732010-07-05T17:24:31.089+01:002010-07-05T17:24:31.089+01:00Fascinating story. The more you have to pay for so...Fascinating story. The more you have to pay for something, the greater you perceive its worth. The busker is free entertainment, therefore can't be any good, goes the psychology.Kath McGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526923882402757423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-24705913268941848762010-07-03T23:59:27.825+01:002010-07-03T23:59:27.825+01:00a very intriguing posta very intriguing postEeleen Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221723342556515161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-88979485666046151072010-07-03T15:28:09.362+01:002010-07-03T15:28:09.362+01:00LOL, Anon! Or...never allow anyone else to be the ...LOL, Anon! Or...never allow anyone else to be the arbiter of your creative abilities?<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-41387434900611079882010-07-03T14:56:02.671+01:002010-07-03T14:56:02.671+01:00True. I suppose then he wasn't a very successf...True. I suppose then he wasn't a very successful busker - is the point stick to what you're good at?! ;-)<br /><br />Thought provoking post, thanks. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-8275793453412755382010-07-03T11:24:41.289+01:002010-07-03T11:24:41.289+01:00Fair point, Anon, but I think they deliberately ha...Fair point, Anon, but I think they deliberately had him do it in a place where buskers normally hang out so that the public would perceive him as such.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-42384994964555760242010-07-03T11:16:14.054+01:002010-07-03T11:16:14.054+01:00Perhaps if they'd had the guy play in a park o...Perhaps if they'd had the guy play in a park or somewhere where people were more receptive to listening to live music? Afterall its not really a similar baseline is it - people attending a live music concert or rushing to work/home on the train?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-72771539858384855852010-07-02T11:29:55.042+01:002010-07-02T11:29:55.042+01:00So true, Susan!
Thanks all for your comments and ...So true, Susan! <br />Thanks all for your comments and thoughts.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-12056006917357827942010-07-02T11:26:03.391+01:002010-07-02T11:26:03.391+01:00I love that the three-year-olds wanted to listen. ...I love that the three-year-olds wanted to listen. Before anyone tells them what's "good," before they "learn" that music is different according to where you hear it.Susan Woodringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188083637741551628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-86125611898332416642010-07-02T10:18:40.570+01:002010-07-02T10:18:40.570+01:00I had heard this amazing story before. It is hard...I had heard this amazing story before. It is hard to believe. It also amazes me the way adults teach children to stop seeing the world around them.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-84622447039174954352010-07-01T23:24:05.600+01:002010-07-01T23:24:05.600+01:00Thanks, dirtywhitecandy - I can't take any cre...Thanks, dirtywhitecandy - I can't take any credit for the post itself - it's doing the rounds on the web. But I felt it was so telling it was worth posting here.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-57989311173745930402010-07-01T23:22:12.450+01:002010-07-01T23:22:12.450+01:00This is frightening but so true. If nobody knows w...This is frightening but so true. If nobody knows who you are, they don't realise how good you are. For artists in any medium, profile is everything. Excellent post, Susie.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-55276431927313473162010-07-01T16:34:43.153+01:002010-07-01T16:34:43.153+01:00Wow, thank you for sharing. It is amazing how we m...Wow, thank you for sharing. It is amazing how we make people on the street or in the metro station invisible. If we don't see them, they don't exist and we don't have to be concerned with them. Lots of lessons in this one post. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Ciao,<br /><br />Ardee-annAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-85416692611689059652010-07-01T16:05:11.796+01:002010-07-01T16:05:11.796+01:00Oh, bother - I left a long reply but it's just...Oh, bother - I left a long reply but it's just got eaten up by Blogger!<br />Sarah, did you know that Richard and Judy are starting 'their' book club again?<br />Simon, like your take on it.<br />LOL, Derek!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-18720199845339745212010-07-01T15:53:18.442+01:002010-07-01T15:53:18.442+01:00Great story, Susie and thanks for bringing it to o...Great story, Susie and thanks for bringing it to our attention.Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-29362154266118771382010-07-01T12:08:58.194+01:002010-07-01T12:08:58.194+01:00That is some story (one worth dramatasing as a sto...That is some story (one worth dramatasing as a story I'd say). It seems to me to say something about self-publishing vs. conventional publishing maybe?Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-60220855581556303112010-07-01T11:44:46.868+01:002010-07-01T11:44:46.868+01:00LOL, Derek!LOL, Derek!Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-13113992811493408092010-07-01T11:15:13.523+01:002010-07-01T11:15:13.523+01:00Amazing story...I bet I wouldn't have stopped ...Amazing story...I bet I wouldn't have stopped either. I'm just programmed to march everywhere at double speed whenever I'm on public transport...Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-12958684144678942402010-07-01T10:22:50.440+01:002010-07-01T10:22:50.440+01:00Interesting post. What does that say about us? I ...Interesting post. What does that say about us? I love that the children wanted to hang out with him!!Lou Belcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456171593130602318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-42294178346758784312010-07-01T10:02:55.225+01:002010-07-01T10:02:55.225+01:00I bet he did his 10,000 hours and then some, to ge...I bet he did his 10,000 hours and then some, to get to that level of proficiency. It might also explain why I sometimes feel I'm just fiddling with my manuscript.DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-66254294064799490662010-07-01T09:50:42.636+01:002010-07-01T09:50:42.636+01:00Some day I'll be recognised as a great writer!...Some day I'll be recognised as a great writer!? All those who called me troll will be embarrassed!Fidelitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-29551478185012988542010-07-01T07:30:36.831+01:002010-07-01T07:30:36.831+01:00Fascinating - thanks for sharing. Will they publis...Fascinating - thanks for sharing. Will they publish their thesis on what this says about perception/priorities? I imagine most people are "tuned" to filter out any kind of subway music and failed to realise they were hearing something amazing. (Makes me think of my old policy of avoiding books with the R&J Book Club sticker on the covers, because the idea of being sucked into a socially "acceptable" mass-reading excerise turned me right off.)Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.com