Barrie Karp

Photo: ©Barrie Karp, 2011, (4/21/2011, #106. For the entire ride, nearly 20 minutes, this man was completely engrossed in reading his paper, The Voice, -- when the train stopped or was in motion, while he sat back or leaned forward on his knees, turning pages, turning his head from one page to another, and falling deeply into the funnies, his concentration was remarkable, as was his apparent obliviousness to anything else. Yet I suspect New Yorkers are simultaneously watchful and skilled at looked simply thoroughly engrossed and unaware.