A Weekly Postcard Project
209 Weeks is a weekly postcard art project that will take place during Trump’s second term.
Despite the 2024 presidential election results, I believe that most people truly care about others. To remind myself of that truth, I am proposing a postcard based art project to help us connect with each other and make it through four more years of Trumpism. But I need your help. I want to gather your words of sustenance—your favorite quotes, lines of poetry, affirmations, reminders that feed and fuel you—and send those words on to someone else.
I will combine these words of sustenance with photography to create unique postcards——209 in total, one for each week of the presidential term. Each week, someone who has submitted their own words to the project will receive a postcard with someone else’s words on it. You can learn more here.
I am currently looking for approximately 55 participants for Year 1 (2025). If you’re interested in participating, please fill out the form below. Thank you!
View the Postcards
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Week 18 of 209 Weeks
Week 18 of 209 Weeks: “I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.” —Richard Wright, Black Boy (1945)…
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Week 17 of 209 Weeks
Week 17 of 209 Weeks:May you feel lovedMay you feel free from fearMay your hopes and dreams be realized Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in Feb 2025. On a walk, I found this “footprint” in the snow. It took me a minute to realize the leaf, with its…
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Week 16 of 209 Weeks
Week 16 of 209 Weeks: “Walk on air against your better judgement.” —Seamus Heaney Photo Notes: ??? No idea. Think I may have taken these photos at a state park? (I need to take better notes.)
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Week 15 of 209 Weeks
Week 15 of 209 Weeks: “…because if enough of us believe a thing, then it becomes so.” —N.K. Jemisin. Photo Notes: Photo notes: This photo was taken at the last iron pour held at the University of Minnesota in Spring 2019.
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Week 14 of 209 Weeks
Week 14 of 209 Weeks: Inauguration by Dave HedenstromWelcome to a despot’s Golden Agewhere Empathy is heckled off the stage:the Other is best gone, or in a cage,and Jesus just a useful tool for rage.Let those who know true Love not disengagein hope that History turns a better page. Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem…
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Week 13 of 209 Weeks
Week 13 of 209 Weeks: “You know that the antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest?… The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness.” —Brother David Steindl-Rast Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the Minnesota State Fairground in 2020, a few months after COVID lockdowns started. The Fairgrounds are generally open to the public during the day, but…
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Week 12 of 209 Weeks
Week 12 of 209 Weeks: A Korean proverb—산무당이 시림 잡는다. Translation: An inexperienced shaman causes people pain. Photo Notes: This photo was taken somewhere in South Korea in October 2018. Where? Which building? Temple? Palace? No earthly idea. Apparently I need to take better notes.
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Week 11 of 209 Weeks
Week 11 of 209 Weeks: “The ultimate work to be done each day is to choose whether we will support our authentic self or support our false persona or dutiful self.” —Angela Arrien Photo Notes: This was taken at Geonsancheon stream in Jeonju, South Korea in September/October 2018. I didn’t realize anyone was on the other side…
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Week 10 of 209 Weeks
Week 10 of 209 Weeks: “Outside for the first time in a long time/Lose yourself, sink into the sunlight/It’s been a while since you felt right/But the warm nights are coming soon and you’ll be just fine/You’ll be just fine/You’ll be just fine” from “Daylily” by Movements. Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Cheonggyecheon stream in…
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Week 9 of 209 Weeks
Week 9 of 209 Weeks: “We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and improving our lives.” —Maya Angelou Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in November or December 2021.