• Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 02 2025 | The Mall in Central Park

    Everyday highlights

    Life is dull without art. I realized this once again this week, which, apart from a great art experience, rippled along unspectacularly.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 52 2024 | Frozen Lake in Central Park

    Staying warm in frosty times

    The Christmas week was dominated by snow and freezing cold weather. But even cold days can warm up the heart.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 51 2024 | Snowfall in Manhattan Valley

    Highs and lows

    It’s fascinating how many different impressions and emotions can be packed into one week. This one was a wonderful example of that.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 50 2024 | Black Forest Bus transport

    Everyday gray

    The colourful past week was followed by days that were gray and marked by everyday life and unforeseen events. At least I was able to finish the preparations for the exhibition.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 49 2024 | Fondation Beyeler

    A rush of color

    December began with a potpourri of colors and impressions, as if to compensate for the beginning of the darkest weeks of the year.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 48 2024 | View from Dreirosen Bridge to the cathedral of Basel

    The joys of ordinary days

    Even ordinary days have little surprises waiting to be discovered and a reminder, that life is what you make it.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 47 2024 | Snow covered view from home to the cathedral of Basel

    From fall to winter…and back

    A song of praise for November, which can be anything but the dark and gray month we generally think it is.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 46 2024 | Fishing huts along the Rhine river in Basel

    Shaped by life

    Many things that look the same at first glance are not. Individualism and diversity are a basic principle of our world order. Anyone who goes through life with open eyes can recognize this everywhere.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 45 2024 | Fog over Lake Thun seen from Schynigi Platte

    Above the November gray

    There are weeks when the days flow slowly and sluggishly, like the November fog in the valleys of Switzerland. Knowing that there is sunshine above makes the gray moments easier.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 44 2024 | Swiss mountain landscape in fall

    Little escapes

    Sometimes you just have to drop everything and escape the daily grind. I did that to myself twice this week.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 43 2024 | Ferries Wheel next to Basel's cathedral

    Colorful days

    Everyday life in Basel caught up with me this week. Thanks to the mostly sunny weather, however, it was blessed with some colorful highlights.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 42 2024 | Houses at Schwäbisch Hall

    Autumnal diversity

    A fairly quick flight catapulted me from New York to Basel and from the warm and sunny to the gray and dingy side of fall.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 41 | A view over the reservoir in Central Park

    Manhattan in fall

    Autumn is definitely my favorite time to be in New York. This week, which was actually a rather normal one, has reminded me of that once again.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 40 2024 | The tiny beach house

    Time to let go

    After three years, we gave back the little house on the beach and enjoyed one last moment of summer.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 39 2024 | Midtown on a rainy day

    Gray and wet days

    Autumn gets serious in its first week and replaces the sunny summer weather of the last few weeks with rainy and cloudy days. Time for art and work.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 38 2024 | The 69th Street Transfer Bridge

    Another cold and the start of fall

    Another cold, albeit much milder than two weeks ago, has largely thwarted my plans for this week. There’s nothing you can do about it, even if it feels extremely unfair when it happens again during this precious time for me in New York.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 37 2024 | Carefree beach day

    Birthday week

    Everything that makes summer in New York in one week. From surprising moments on the beach to productive days in the city. It’s my perfect birthday week!

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 36 2024 | Sunrise on the beach

    Sick in paradise

    After all the summer months in Basel, the time finally came again this week for relaxing days at the beach. Despite a cold, I enjoyed every single one of them.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 35 2024 | Deep blue sky over the Northern Atlantic

    In between

    A week in Basel between the time spent in the Swiss mountains and the big city, characterized by lots of tasks, preparations and very hot summer days.

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