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 209 unique postcards, 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.
If you’re interested in participating, please fill out the form below. Thank you!
View the Postcards
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Week 74 of 209 Weeks
Week 74 of 209 Weeks: “The only recognizable feature of hope is action.” —Grace Paley Photo Notes: The photo was taken at the Minnesota State Fair’s fairgrounds in 2020.
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Week 73 of 209 Weeks
Week 73 of 209 Weeks: “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” —Meister Eckhart Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the University of Minnesota’s iron pour in spring 2019.
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Week 72 of 209 Weeks
Week 72 of 209 Weeks: “The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” —Socrates Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the University of Minnesota’s iron pour in spring 2019.
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Week 71 of 209 Weeks
Week 71 of 209 Weeks: “Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play with the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use—do the work you want to see done.” —Austin Kleon Photo Notes: This photo was taken…
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Week 70 of 209 Weeks
Week 70 of 209 Weeks: “Don’t quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it.” —Guru Nanak Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the University of Minnesota’s iron pour in spring 2019.
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Week 69 of 209 Weeks
Week 69 of 209 Weeks:Whatever it takesMAKE Whatever it takes—Anna Brones (Yes, the original quote is “Whatever it takes,” but I wrote it incorrectly on this postcard.) Photo Notes: This is the ceiling of a temple (maybe?) in Seoul, South Korea. This was taken in 2018. Correction—I believe this was taken at a palace, Changdeokgung.
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Week 68 of 209 Weeks
Week 68 of 209 Weeks: “All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can’t see.” — Mark Nepo Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the Jong Ie Nara Paper Art Museum in Seoul in 2018. Kwang Young Chun made this piece of art.
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Week 67 of 209 Weeks
Week 67 of 209 Weeks: “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” —Mister Rogers Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the Jong Ie Nara Paper Art Museum in Seoul in 2018. The piece is by Seo Jeong Hak.
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Week 66 of 209 Weeks
Week 66 of 209 Weeks: “The challenge now is to grasp and shape history: to show that past grievances and injustices can give way to a new generosity of spirit and action.” —John Hume Photo Notes: I think this photo was taken at the Jong Ie Nara Paper Art Museum in Seoul in 2018. Unfortunately, I’m…
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Week 65 of 209 Weeks
Week 65 of 209 Weeks: “What if I fall? Oh, but my darkling, what if you fly?” –Erin Hanson Photo Notes: This photo was taken near Stillwater, MN on September 6, 2018 when I took a hot air balloon ride with my stepdad.
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