While in Lockdown, Musician David Byrne Took Up Drawing to Help Fight Fatigue

David Byrne is not prone to idleness. Since cofounding the Talking Heads—the New Wave band that launched him to fame—Byrne has founded a music label, released an extensive body of solo albums, and written two books, including 2012’s How Music Works, which blends music theory and autobiography. But when the pandemic forced New York into lockdown, Byrne returned to his roots in a different field: visual art.
Over the past seven months, Byrne took up drawing, and while he sai