Train O' Thoughts

** Featured by the NYC Transit Museum! **

Ever sit across from a stranger on the subway and find yourself imagining a theoretical backstory for their lives? Who is this person? What are they thinking? Where did they come from, and where are they going? This has happened to artist Tom Hart a lot over the years. The result of these musings is his Train O’ Thots series of annotated illustrations, drawn live and in real-time during his subway commutes around New York City.

These portraits, incorporating hypothetical biographical text -- names changed to protect the peculiar -- now burst forth in interactive Gralbum format. Experience their stories as the train rolls on and the characters come alive, with a brassy soundtrack by Exaltron (+ Sarth) setting the tone for the first example of this series.

Run time: 7:30
Download Size: 102 MB
Produced and published by The Gralbum Collective
Released: April 2014
Includes 3 songs that you can listen to, separate from the app:
- "Hope is a State of Mind" / Sarth / (2:38)
- "El Precio" / Exaltron / (2:54)
- "Tryptic" / Exaltron / (2:30)

Over 40 original drawings and urban sonnets
Credits:
Art and Words: Tom Hart
Music: Exaltron / Sarth
Video and Animation: Jacob McCoy and Leah Coloff