Fans of @abstractdesign got to know the brilliant artist Christoph Niemann in season one (still on @netflix and available for free viewing on the streamer’s YouTube channel). Neimann’s mind-bending illustrations, whether on the cover of @newyorkermag or in his delightful @abstractsunday feed, play with the idea of what is real and what isn’t. Something he found very real while quarantined in Berlin? An inability to develop new routines. So he drilled down on a favorite hobby: becoming a more skilled piano player. He explored the ups and downs of the endeavor in a touching (and as always, funny) illustrated storyboard for @nytmag, a few panels of which he shares here. “Even though I play in solitude,” Niemann writes, “I take comfort in knowing that I’m not alone.” Nope, you’re not, Christoph. We’d love to hear from our Abstract community: Have you adopted any new routines, or gone deeper into familiar ones? Let us know here.
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