"Thomas Hawk" captures interesting people and "normal life." This one of a woman crossing a street caught my attention.

I think it's a woman Jesus would have noticed as well - in normal everyday life.

"God could have sent a full-blown adult to be the savior of the world. Instead, the Son of God entered history inside a tiny human frame bound by time, space, and a baby's survival needs. By placing his son in a family, having him progress developmentally as a human child, giving him opportunities to engage in business dealings with people and be on the receiving end of contemporary Jewish religious instruction, God ensured that Jesus would be shaped by community and the commonplace. . . .

Jesus learned a lot as he watched them in his father's shop, and as he visited their homes and fields. He saw how they treated the land and how they treated one another. He witnessed their business dealings. He listened to their heart hopes. He haggled prices with them, and had to collect on bad debts. He learned how to judge character. At some point, Jesus took over the family business. He assumed leadership in his home by providing for his mother and younger siblings.

The concerns about meeting basic life necessities played an important role in sensitizing Jesus to the life concerns of people. . . . He belonged to the people who hammered, fished, and farmed."

(from Reggie McNeal, A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000), pp. 55-56.