The live action segments were set to act as the film's counterpart, leading viewers from animation to reality and back.

[1] In a surreal, floating animated world, a genius musician (Roland Schupp) lives a lonely life, and every day plays a tube-shaped piano in a huge and empty concert hall.

Being examined in the hospital, the Doctor (Klaus Zehrfeld) explains that he is suffering from a common delusional fantasy called "Spherical Dissonance", and that he should escape it and embrace reality.

While the Mother speaks on the phone about how a restraining order is proving useless, the daughter leaves the home and approaches her musician father as he sits on the sidewalk outside.

[1] Cameron Meier of Orlando Weekly called it "the best short film I've ever seen" and "a jaw-dropping blend of animation and live action that is pure cinematic genius.