Amanda Shopa, PhD

209 Weeks Gallery

Black and white photo of a flower growing through wooden slats.
Week 1 of 209 (front)
Week 1 postcard text.
Week 1 of 209 (back)
This black and white photo shows a pile of itty bitty acorn caps mixed in with wood chips. In the center of the photo, there is a small acorn.
Week 2 of 209 (front)
The back of the postcard reads: "The fact that we hope, even though we know what is going on, is what makes us wonderful." --Arundhati Roy Photo notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in Nov-Dec 2021. These were the tiniest acorn caps I'd ever seen.
Week 2 of 209 (back)
This black and white photo shows a dry late fall prairie filled with dried seed pods. In the background, there is a stand of trees at the edge of a forest.
Week 3 of 209 (front)
The back of this postcard reads: "People have been good at imagining the end of the worlds, which is much easier to picture than the strange sidelong paths of change in a world without end." —Rebecca Solnit Photo notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MIN in Nov–Dec 2021. Even though it was Nov–Dec, we'd had very little snow, so the prairie was covered in seeds.
Week 3 of 209 (back)
This black and white photo shows a wild flower in a prairie. The flower is on a puffball shape and has gone to seed. The seed pod shape looks like a pentagon with five sides.
Week 4 of 209 (front)
The back of this postcard reads: "resist; cultivate joy; hold space" Photo notes: Taken at Pacem in Terris in Nov–Dec 2021.
Week 4 of 209 (back)