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From Jean Lewis: "When
a friend asked me if I was up for a prairie adventure, I said yes, not knowing
it would turn out to be a prairie love affair. It's impossible not to fall in
love with the tallgrass prairie once you spend time there. Going back to Spring
Creek over and over again to photograph it through the seasons was all it took
for me. There is a sense of the sacred on
the prairie. The Pawnee and other tribes understood the deep connection between
the natural and spiritual worlds. This is echoed in the east Asian religions
and Chinese philosophy, based on the teachings of Lao-Tzu, who advocated a life
of simplicity and harmony with the natural world. The Pawnee were prairie people.
Their lives revolved around the seasonal changes. Planting gardens in the spring
in the river bottoms and then traveling west for the summer buffalo hunt. Back
to their permanent earth covered houses in time to harvest the gardens. The
last autumn buffalo hunt set them up for winter. To balance our technical world we need the quiet of the prairie. In the quiet we can listen to our inner, spiritual, selves. We can contemplate the lessons that we need to guide our world through the interconnected crises of climate, energy, pollution, and population." _________________________________ Against The Wall Gallery features in July, new work from Lincoln photographer Jean Lewis. The exhibition is in collaboration with the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center to raise awareness about the prairie ecosystem and its rapidly disappearing beauty and value. The exhibit will consist of a series of photographs Jean has taken over the past year, documenting the Spring Creek Prairie near Denton, Nebraska. The exhibition will be on display July 1–30, with an opening reception Friday, July 1st, 2011 from 6 to 9 pm. Jean Lewis will be present during the reception to visit and answer any questions. The exhibit will also double as a fundraiser. A percentage of proceeds from the sale of Jean’s work, 40% in total, will go towards supporting the efforts of the fine folks at Spring Creek Prairie. Jean Lewis is donating 20% herself and the other 20% will come from Against the Wall Gallery. Jean Lewis has been photographing Nebraska for nearly 25 years. Led mainly by intuition and history, she scours the state, piecing together & documenting an image of Nebraska. She is constantly seeking images that are distillations of a place and the people that have lived there. She mainly shoots black & white film.
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For more information on Jean Lewis or the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center check out their websites: www.jeanlewisphotography.net www.springcreek.audubon.org Against the Wall Gallery is open Mon., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10am to 5pm.; Tues. and Thurs. from 10am to 7pm. We are located in Lincoln’s Historic Havelock area at 6220 Havelock Avenue. Please contact us at (402) 467-3484 or e-mail us at
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