{"id":4217,"date":"2014-06-28T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2014-07-19T22:57:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T03:57:14","slug":"flooded-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=4217","title":{"rendered":"Flooded Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Chalkduster;\">Fourteen teenagers face the wilds of the swollen Minnesota River and try to be true to their art and creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4211\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MinnowsinRoad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4211\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4211\" alt=\"Flooded Bike Path Fort Snelling (Eduardo Tomas Nieves) \" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MinnowsinRoad-1024x630.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MinnowsinRoad-1024x630.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/MinnowsinRoad-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flooded Bike Path Fort Snelling (Eduardo Tomas Nieves)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I am drowning.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4218\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/carmenE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4218\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4218\" alt=\"Road to Fort Snelling State Park (Carmen Erickson)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/carmenE-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/carmenE-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/carmenE.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Road to Fort Snelling State Park (Carmen Erickson)<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I slowly sink deeper into a dark abyss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">This weight getting heavier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Dragging me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Deeper and deeper into the depths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">The light shrinking;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Surroundings less identifiable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I\u2019m lost in my thoughts, scared. Alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I reach my hand up<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4200\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BlueDarner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4200\" alt=\"Bluet Damselfly (Eduardo Tomas Nieves)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BlueDarner-300x167.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BlueDarner-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BlueDarner-1024x573.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluet Damselfly<br \/>(Eduardo Tomas Nieves)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Hoping <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">That someone will reach down and save me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I\u2019m still reaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I\u2019m still hoping<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I\u2019m still drowning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carmen Erickson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4219\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mosquito1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4219\" class=\" wp-image-4219 \" alt=\"AJ Vue\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mosquito1-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mosquito1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mosquito1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mosquito1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AJ Vue<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I see mosquitoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I touch my swollen mosquito bites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I hear the buzzing of mosquitoes in my ear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I feel angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Damn these mosquitoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Going outside is alright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Ha Ha, that\u2019s funny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2013 <span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">Lee Cygan<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosquitoes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Burn it with fire,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drown it with water,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blast it with wind,\u00a0\u00a0 Crush it with stone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Foul creatures\u00a0 Born from evil,\u00a0\u00a0 Blessed with poison, \u00a0\u00a0 Death to it all\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mosquitoes\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Plague that must fall.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">&#8211; AJ Vue<\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<div id=\"attachment_4175\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4175\" class=\" wp-image-4175 \" alt=\"Box Elder Bugs on Box Elder leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230064-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230064-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230064-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230064-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Box Elder Bugs on Box Elder leaves (Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>N<\/b><\/span><\/span>ever expect something<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4174\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sixSpotted-Tiger-beetle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4174\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4174\" alt=\"Six Spotted Tiger Beetle (Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sixSpotted-Tiger-beetle-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sixSpotted-Tiger-beetle-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sixSpotted-Tiger-beetle-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sixSpotted-Tiger-beetle-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six Spotted Tiger Beetle<br \/>(Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>A<\/b><\/span><\/span>s beautiful as nature<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>T<\/b><\/span><\/span>o stay the same.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>U<\/b><\/span><\/span>sually there are<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>R<\/b><\/span><\/span>emarkable differences in<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>E<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">very inch of space you observe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8211; Carmen Erickson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4186\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4186\" class=\" wp-image-4186\" alt=\"P1100862\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100862-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100862-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100862-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fox Snake<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Guadalupe came running down the stairs, her eyes wide with excitement. \u201c I saw the snake.\u201d\u00a0I told her there must have been a reason she was the only one to see it. As we walked back, she told me she was an Aztec dancer. From the Aztec calendar, one of her birth symbols is the snake. Because of her connection with snakes, Guadalupe can\u00a0feel the vibrations of things and people around her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">Larry Wade<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4158\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4158\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4158\" alt=\"deer carcass (Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220026-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220026-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220026-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220026-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">deer carcass<br \/>(Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Where does Beauty hide?<br \/>\nIn the green roots of<br \/>\nyarrow leaves, dug in<br \/>\nthe wounds of history&#8217;s wars<br \/>\nWithin the king&#8217;s mushrooms<br \/>\nhis cap showered with pride<br \/>\nin the audience of his subjects.<br \/>\nAnd in the corpse of a<br \/>\ndeer long lost cousin,<br \/>\nWhose remains will sunk<br \/>\nback to life&#8217;s beginnings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4164\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4164\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4164\" alt=\"Red ants cling to bark in the swollen river. (Eduardo Tomas Nieves)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220056-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220056-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220056-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220056-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red ants cling to bark in the swollen river.<br \/>(Eduardo Tomas Nieves)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Where does Beauty hide?<br \/>\nOn the murky river of<br \/>\nno return, flowing and flowing<br \/>\non an endless journey.<br \/>\nIn Noah&#8217;s bark, the boat<br \/>\nof life that civilization clings<br \/>\nonto as it sways in the water<\/p>\n<p>Where does Beauty hide?<br \/>\nIn the lenses of Eyes<br \/>\nIn the imagination of the Mind<br \/>\nIn all living things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Xe Chang<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<div id=\"attachment_4226\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corrina3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4226\" class=\" wp-image-4226 \" alt=\"Corrina Guerrero\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corrina3-764x1024.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corrina3-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corrina3-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corrina3.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corrina Guerrero<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Wind is blowing, clouds are bursting,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Water is dancing,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Waves are falling, Earth is screaming,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Flowers are singing,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Land is hiding,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Storms are coming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">&#8211; AJ Vue<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<div id=\"attachment_4231\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/graffitti2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4231\" class=\" wp-image-4231 \" alt=\"Eduardo Tomas Nieves\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/graffitti2-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/graffitti2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/graffitti2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/graffitti2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/graffitti2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eduardo Tomas Nieves<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Welcome to the city of long nights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Vibrant yellow escorts<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">At a whistle&#8217;s beck and call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Steamy kisses against bruised ankles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Bright lights,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">A bumblebee\u2019s sting<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">In your greedy little irises,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Greasy fingers<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">And<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Clouded thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4234\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100868.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4234\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4234\" alt=\"P1100868\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100868-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100868-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100868-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluff Graffitti<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Foreign languages<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Invade comfort zones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">GET OUT<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Of my comfort zone,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Please.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">&#8211; Roma Murphy<\/span><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Last night I heard you sing to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4184\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/AshleyBrewer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4184\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4184 \" alt=\"Ashley Brewer\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/AshleyBrewer-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/AshleyBrewer-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/AshleyBrewer-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/AshleyBrewer-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paper collage inspired by poem<br \/>(Ashley Brewer)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Whispers echo through the roots of<br \/>\nthe deep soil,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Making its way through the skimpy<br \/>\nbranches of an aged tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">I heard it jump through a vast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Body of\u00a0cool blue water. The <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Sweetness of your voice\u00a0swarmed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Into my young ears,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Trickling into my deep core.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">Last night I heard you sing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">&#8211; Ashley Brewer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4165\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4165\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4165\" alt=\"Cottonwood reflection in the swollen waters\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220060-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220060-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220060-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220060-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cottonwood reflection in the swollen waters<\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Graphite Std;\">We have been learning about Lakota culture, and it has inspired me to learn more about my culture and incorporate it into my art work. <span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\">&#8211; Gabrielle Jackson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4202\" style=\"width: 413px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4202\" class=\" wp-image-4202\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250053-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250053-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250053-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250053-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I near the edge of the wild<br \/>\nUnwanted, but crucial<br \/>\nSeen, yet invisible,<br \/>\nLoving, but feared<br \/>\nAnd know that I can change this.<\/p>\n<p>-Sam Porter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4201\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4201\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4201\" alt=\"Hackberry Emperor (Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250047-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250047-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250047-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6250047-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hackberry Emperor<br \/>(Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4167\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4167\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4167\" alt=\"Sam Porter\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220065-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220065-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220065-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6220065-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Porter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4180\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230143.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4180\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4180\" alt=\"Harvestman eating a fly (Eduardo Tomas Nieves)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230143-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230143-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230143-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230143-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvestman eating a fly<br \/>(Eduardo Tomas Nieves)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4177\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4177\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4177\" alt=\"Hackberry Emperor on Wambdi Wapaha's hat (Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230074-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230074-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230074-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P6230074-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hackberry Emperor on Wambdi Wapaha&#8217;s hat<br \/>(Guadalupe Lizeth Lima Soto)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4214\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4214\" class=\" wp-image-4214  \" alt=\"Eduardo at Work\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100908-300x225.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100908-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100908-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eduardo looking for his next image.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4213\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100883.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4213\" class=\" wp-image-4213 \" alt=\"Guadalupe catching a special moment in time.\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100883-300x225.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100883-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/P1100883-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guadalupe catching a special moment in time.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"RIGHT\"><span style=\"font-family: Apple Chancery,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen teenagers face the wilds of the swollen Minnesota River and try to be true to their art and creativity. &nbsp; I am drowning. 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