And hopefully, after they’ve stared at [the art], they will look down and think about the people opposite them. And if that’s a byproduct, that we think warmly of our fellow travelers, that would be nice.

Sophie Blackall sketches the New York City subway. (Forgive the Etsy branding.)

It’s not my city or my medium (ma-a-aaan, do I wish I could draw), but we’re in love with the same thing, the small moments in which the subway is the city and the city is the world. I don’t have a word for it, but it’s the same magic between the lines on Craigslist—my second-favorite urban sociology lab after public transit—and so it makes sense that Blackall draws that, too.

Anyway: more art on BART, please!