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This Rosh Hashanah, as we prepare for a new year, I feel a weight that’s almost too heavy to bear
In the neverending middle of this war, how can we celebrate when hostages are still trapped in darkness, terror filling their days? I think of the Bibas babies — forever babies
And then I think of the children in communities we’re told to call our enemies — they’re suffering, too, and I can’t turn away from that.
Meanwhile: Our soldiers risk their lives every single day. We live with loss that cuts so deep it’s hard to breathe. Shiraz. Vivian. Shani. Hersh. Zechariah. Haim. Gilad…. And still, there’s this expectation — to smile, to say “Shana Tova,” to find joy. But joy feels so far away.
I know I’m not the only one who feels this.
I know so many of us feel like we’re carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders as we move toward the new moon, the start of our cycle. Part of me just wants to shut it all out — bury my head in a bottle of whiskey, curl up with a plate of chocolate chip cookies, and numb myself from the reality…
Her newly released photo book Source of Life is a curated collection of her most memorable encounters with the sun - spanning more than a decade. Each image in the book was captured not through meticulous planning, but in moments of serendipity and soul connection.
Thao’s journey has taken her from dense forests to vast oceans, bustling cities to untouched wilderness, and even into the deepest corners of her inner world.
“The sunlight doesn’t just illuminate - it pierces into the stillest places in our hearts, carrying with it life and healing,” she shared.
The exhibition space for “Source of Life” by photographer Hoang Thi Bich Thao.
She now holds over 10,000 photographs of the sun. But for her, the art of “sun hunting” isn’t about the volume - it’s about presence.
“This journey taught me patience, gratitude, and how to let go,” Thao reflected. “Maybe I can’t keep the moment forever, but I can hold on to the emotion it gave me.”
Her photographs, she explained, are emotional imprints - sun-soaked expressions she wishes to share with others through the quiet language of light.
A decade of meditative dialogue with light
For Thao, photographing the sun is more than…