James,
I figure what she's doing has a parallel in the purpose of a forum like OPF!
Our founding concept is is that we are on a personal journey, every one of us.
For this lady in your photograph, pausing her life, to think and look around is a good thing. That is also a function of a forum. She is, in a way, doing that, pausing in her life and for a moment not doing anything practical like shopping, her nails, engineering a new bridge or arguing a case in court.
The photography forum is like her behavior. It exists as a place for folk to stop their busy lives and share pictures and ideas or just say nothing and look around and take in what others have done.
Asher