Adam Driver XXXII (NYT 1 Jan 2020)

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"Adam Driver has resting sphinx face."
-Kyle Buchanan, "Adam Driver Has Put Everything He's Got Onscreen." NYT, 1 Jan 2020

In my mind, Adam has just removed his hand from across his face, revealing this focused sphinx-like expression; he is looking out without letting us look in. Given how much of himself he'd put out into the world last year, can we blame him? Left to his own devices, I'm sure he'd never do another interview or run a red carpet photography gauntlet again. As evidence of this I present the last 6 months: in a year that saw him as a centerpiece to every major and minor Awards Season ceremony, hailed as the actor of the last decade and the best of his generation, he has taken the opportunity presented by the COVID-19 lockdowns to subsequently vanish from the public spotlight like an olympic high diver into the deep end of the pool, completely committed to his disappearance, with nary a ripple to mark his presence.
 
Photo used for reference taken by Erik Tanner for a NY Times article dated 1 Jan 2020.

9-ish hours of drawing time.