Category: Artmaking

  • Week 33 of 209 Weeks

    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

  • Week 32 of 209 Weeks

    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.

  • Week 31 of 209 Weeks

    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.

  • Week 30 of 209 Weeks

    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.

  • Week 29 of 209 Weeks

    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.

  • Week 28 of 209 Weeks

    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.

  • Week 27 of 209 Weeks

    Week 27 of 209 Weeks

    Week 27 of 209 Weeks: “And I thought to myself: No, this world is not a joke, not a vale of ordeal only and a passage to a better world, but one of the eternal worlds, which is good, joyful, and which we not only can, but must make finer and more joyful for those…

  • Week 26 of 209 Weeks

    Week 26 of 209 Weeks

    Week 26 of 209 Weeks: “Celebrate we will because life is short but sweet for certain.” –Dave Matthews Band, “Two Step” Photo Notes: This photo was taken on a special type of x-ray film. The film has a soft, diffuse light look. Taken in May 2025.

  • Week 25 of 209 Weeks

    Week 25 of 209 Weeks

    Week 25 of 209 Weeks: “You do not have to be good.” –Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” Photo Notes: This photo was taken on a special type of x-ray film. The film has a soft, diffuse look. Taken in May 2025.

  • Week 24 of 209 Weeks

    Week 24 of 209 Weeks

    Week 24 of 209 Weeks: “Do what you can to show you care about others, and you will make the world a better place.” —Rosalynn Carter Photo Notes: Seoul, South Korea, May 2024