Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
& L( U: |( R/ h4 d I did take a picture
) t# B4 e3 |( v' s8 l4 i/ Pof the small temple0 a3 {# J* k" g9 B
and the urn under its roof,
" ~- p- i; ^2 ], hbehind this wall.
6 H+ H) ]8 O/ q7 }0 K9 ^But what moved me- k& R+ y/ y: T; C$ Y2 O
was the mossy surface
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" C, e' y. d* g! D0 e( \ Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,; \9 w4 ?. N, e2 m+ i# _( H
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.; K. ~ G5 Q) c# X5 A; c
It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting , ]' o! L, F6 O: r; W e' }6 S4 _
of Edward Hopper:& i1 v) a' ~1 _0 i2 p+ y1 M
"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.- \* c9 d7 v4 L7 k
It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery / _# w' l0 Z8 K) s ] N9 L
was all boarded up." a% [, V+ Z1 Q/ n8 e
I walked around for an hour
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) G6 R o* [8 s9 o/ u4 J7 p" eSome of the men had died in the Vietnam war.+ {- E2 R4 R2 |0 q9 L
Travelling Wolf had died before.
5 o) P3 O" ^2 u4 R \9 a. cAccording to the cross on his grave
, @4 ~' X; q8 Y7 s1 ~' mhe was 22 years old,
4 B- F/ j2 y6 b8 t4 U/ j) X* `when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
; H+ |7 F. c" x1 e8 kin this part of Montana, in the year 1900.7 X/ l4 N% r0 j* s' W% H+ _' }+ [
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