G Train
Posted on June 15, 2010
Filed Under May I Interject?, New York |
An email to Laura Scott:
“i had a great experience the other night. it wont sound like a completely unique ny experience, but it was, ive confirmed! i was waiting for the train. the g train always takes forever, so a lot of people were there waiting. on the platform i had passed a cello player who was kind of playing silently and not making any significant noises. the crowd kind of stopped bustling in for the moment, and all of a sudden, from across the platform (straight across from the cello player) a violin player appeared out of nowhere and gave the cello player a signal. on cue, flawless, they played mozart from across the platforms with each other. the acoustics in the train station are beautiful. it sounded like i was at the new york symphony orchestra hall. they played until the trains came–about three songs. in the crowd of probably 100 people, i think i saw all of them give one of them money (depending on what platform they were on). and me along with many others were crying because it was so beautiful. it was like this cap to this day. we were all stuck there. we were forced to listen to this beautiful thing. we were forced into this experience that made us FEEL something. in a dirty rotten subway with rats and litter and bums.
i searched twitter later that night to find if anyone had posted pics/videos/ etc. from the incident and i found a few people, which made me really excited. somehow that experience changed me a little.
i think it kind of reminded me how i’d feel if i met someone that i could truly be in love with. i think right now i feel like life is a subway station and i don’t get cell phone service and i’m always waiting for a train to take me somewhere that takes me nowhere else in my mind. but then when you least expect it the subway station–the rats, litter, bums–becomes a symphony hall! beautiful.”
The photos I collected:
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