Week 43 of 209 Weeks: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” —Lady Windermere’s Fan, by Oscar Wilde. Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea during Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, May 2024.

Week 42 of 209 Weeks: “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” —Rumi Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea during Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, May 2024.

Week 41 of 209 Weeks: Existence is resistance. Photo Notes: This photo was taken on the Moose Viewing Trail in Grand Marais, Minnesota, summer 2022.

Week 40 of 209 Weeks: “Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little bit.” —Tom Stoppard Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea during Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, May 2024.

Week 39 of 209 Weeks: Buck up, Girl. (The person who shared this says she hears it in her mother’s voice. There’s work to be done, so get to it.) Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea during Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, May 2024.

Week 38 of 209 Weeks: “I think I have come to a place where I’m able to feel more comfortable about being honest.” —June Jordan Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea during Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, May 2024.

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.

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

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

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