Readers Comments
David wrote: I didn't see jack riemer's name attributed to this piece as the author
Jackey Wordstooln wrote: I truly wanted to go to a perlman concert. When will be his next one. Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful article.
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Brenda wrote: Of course it's fabricated. As if they would make itzak perlman strap up his legs again etc. Instead of getting some stage hand to whip one out to him! But, it is the message, and how we can apply such a great message to ourselves, not only to be inspired, but to inspire others! I am with the rest of you who are pleased with this story. Let us never be so cynical that we miss the messages that are written to inspire! Ps. Thank you for revealing the truth though so that i don't share this story as a true event.
Rita wrote: What a wonderfull story. All i can say is: amen! Be blessed.
Mindy wrote: I found an article that says this is an urban legend. I am posting it, but everyone can decide for themselves.
Http://www. Snopes. Com/music/artists/perlman. Asp
Http://www. Snopes. Com/music/artists/perlman. Asp
Mary Ann wrote: With great respect for disabled artists, i admire (& support) foot & mouth painters. They are inspiring. Against all odds. God is great!
Dr Ravindra Harne wrote: Wow,,i have learned to play violin as a child and till my basic education i used to play it off and on, but after my post graduation it is difficult to find time. I am sure it is tough job , during the concert if something goes like that it is unmanageable, only some master like him can keep the show goes on ,,i salute him absolutely unbelievable. Commendable.
Marion wrote: Lucille, i respectfully disagree. Snopes performs a great service in letting us know the truth about these matters. Making up stories and attaching them to famous persons as a way of lending credibility to an idea is simply not necessary. What resonates in this story is this single line: "you know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left. " that statement is both true and beautiful--not just for artists, but for all of us. Why falsify it by creating a lie about perlman saying it when in fact he did not? That kind of fictionalizing enables people to dismiss the truth of his purported statement as someone's made-up sentiment, because the story itself is made up. So it's damaging in that way. In actuality we are all, in some sense, playing with three strings, and persevering despite that is an act of beauty. That's a truth, and it doesn't need a false story about perlman to give it weight.
Lucille mann wrote: Did i really need to know that this soul-nourishing story is just another myth? We need skopes et al when the myth can do harm, not when it can inspire us all.
Bruce wrote: Great story, but it isn't true. Acording to snopoes