'When wandering around I sometimes am lucky enough to see odd little poetic, funny or weird things happening, things that usually only happen for a very short time. I like to take these things and capture them and preserve them as animated GIFS, little PIECES of TIME, endlessly repeating. In this case I was walking along Houston Street in the East Village one day when I saw a construction foreman staring into space, lost in his thoughts, trying to find his straw with his tongue (his free hand was holding his laptop). I wonder what he was thinking? Was his construction project behind schedule? Was he deciding where to go for a vacation? Or was he just annoyed? Where has that straw got to? 'Damn it, I just want to be sipping my iced coffee! This is my favorite part of the day. I deserve to enjoy this.' Anyway, here he is in all his glory for your endless enjoyment.' Slices of TIME artist Peter Arkle offered this piece as part of TIME's Artist Spotlights collection. Established to deepen relationships between our artists and our holders, this free airdrop was sent to longstanding holders in celebration of TIMEPieces 1-year anniversary. Your use of the TIMEPiece NFT is subject to the license available at https://time.com/privacy/timepieces_license_agreement.html. For clarity, this limited license does not give you the right to modify the Artwork (including, as applicable, any digital TIME issue) in any way or to use the Artwork separately from the associated TIMEPiece NFT.