365. Before I Die

Suggested time: 10–15 minutes Artist Candy Chang likes to turn public spaces into community bulletin boards. The death of a loved one inspired her “Before I Die” project. On the side of an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighborhood, she put up a huge chalkboard that was filled with rows of the fill-in-the-blank sentence 365. Before I Die

357. Epitaph

Suggested time: 10–15 minutes Write the words you would like inscribed on your gravestone. Here are the epitaphs of a few famous authors and artists: William Butler Yeats: “Cast a cold Eye/ On Life, on Death./ Horseman, pass by!” D.H. Lawrence: “Homo sum! the adventurer.” Thomas Jefferson: “Author of the Declaration Of American Independence, of the 357. Epitaph

353. World Peace

Suggested time: 15–45 minutes What can we do to engender world peace, meaning freedom and happiness for all nations of the world? Write down your ideas and describe why they might work.