• Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 12 2025 | Blossoms at Novartis Campus

    Changes

    The week was characterized by goodbyes, by new and lost lives and by spring that has definitely arrived.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 11 2025 | A Waggis at Fasnacht

    Three beautiful days

    After a few years without, this year I once again enjoyed the Basel carnival, a spectacle that brought color and joy to an otherwise rather dull week.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 10 2025 | Spring sunset between two tower blocks

    The time of spring flowers

    The 10th week of the year brought the colors back into everyday life and trumped with sunny spring weather.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 09 2025 | View over Bern to the Alps

    Variety

    It doesn’t take much to make life more exciting. Breaking habits and patterns doesn’t need much time or energy, but in return it creates new impressions that remain in your memory.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 08 2025 | View on Kleinbasel

    Maintenance mode

    So many things that need to be done are piling up right now and the week has been accordingly filled with commitments.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 07 2025 | Three pigeons flying across the Rhine river

    The promise of spring

    The first few days back in Switzerland have been a potpourri of sleepless nights, busy days and a hint of spring in the air.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 06 2025 | Sheep Meadow in Central Park

    Renaissance

    From monotonous gray back to a colorful and varied week, thanks to some activities I tackled.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 05 2025 | Pier i on the Hudson River

    Fading to gray

    It’s just another winter week here in New York and yet everything is somehow different and I’m wondering how I can best distance myself from the negativity that suddenly resonates everywhere.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 04 2025 | View of the Upper East Side

    Bug fixes

    An update to my website didn’t go as expected and I was busy fixing the errors for days.

  • Matthias Maier | Stories | Week 03 2025 | Columbus Circle

    The brown side of the city

    This week was again dominated by everyday life, with only a change in the weather providing some variety.

  • 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.