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 37 of 209 Weeks
Week 37 of 209 Weeks: “Shine your light while you got one.” —Dave Matthews Band, “Drunken Soldier” Photo Notes: This photo was taken at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, December 2023.
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Week 36 of 209 Weeks
Week 36 of 209 Weeks: “What I want to say is / that the past is the past, / and the present is what your life is, / and you are capable of choosing what that will be, / darling citizen.” —Mary Oliver, “Mornings at Blackwater.” Photo Notes: Chicago, December 2023
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Week 35 of 209 Weeks
Week 35 of 209 Weeks: “I care about you because I want you to care about me. I care because I have become aware of my absolute dependency upon you, whoever you are, for the outcome of my social, my democratic experience.” —June Jordan Photo Notes: Chicago, December 2023
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Week 34 of 209 Weeks
Week 34 of 209 Weeks: “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” —Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Photo Notes: Chicago, December 2023
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Week 33 of 209 Weeks
Week 33 of 209 Weeks: “We’re exploring the possibility of building a wall to stem the exodus.” “Don’t be ridiculous,” Goddard said, “only idiots build walls.” –Neal Shusterman, The Toll Photo Notes: Chicago, December 2023
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Week 32 of 209 Weeks
Week 32 of 209 Weeks: Polish your own corner of the world. Photo Notes: I have no idea where this was taken.
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Week 31 of 209 Weeks
Week 31 of 209 Weeks: “The morning is wiser than the evening.” –Vasilia the Beautiful Photo Notes: Photographing a black cat on a white blanket is a fool’s errand! Louie, date unrecorded.
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Week 30 of 209 Weeks
Week 30 of 209 Weeks: “With a new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” –Eleanor Roosevelt Photo Notes: This photo was taken at William O’Brien State Park on January 1st, 2022.
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Week 29 of 209 Weeks
Week 29 of 209 Weeks: Be brave, Silence is sustenance, drawing (the artistic act) the heart open, be gentle with those you cherish (especially yourself). Photo Notes: I feel like the footsteps and the tent (?) on the lake say it all.
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Week 28 of 209 Weeks
Week 28 of 209 Weeks: “I can do anything for [specified amount of time]. You can do anything for [specified length of time].” Photo Notes: This photo was taken using x-ray film. The film gives everything a soft light. Taken May 2025.