• 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.

  • 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.

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