Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
. X# K1 [7 V* v; d! O I did take a picture
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and the urn under its roof,/ h4 y, l/ M Q
behind this wall.: j; L. _. b9 C) V% F2 f! U
But what moved me
1 ?; O, E5 U$ s) r0 I Owas the mossy surface" n& x$ o5 J/ I4 Z9 @
of the grey stone.+ _* `+ y' L2 N P3 C2 ^! E
Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,
" T$ y d2 j0 q" \9 A) ?: Z. bnot a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
9 ?0 {+ u3 p& \$ d& `. d+ wIt was as if I had walked into my favorite painting ( \, n2 t0 x3 I- X( s
of Edward Hopper:" W/ g3 w+ \# O$ u4 n8 G
"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
( b! e( l: t) ]9 k! NIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
5 Y. o' K2 i. n! H4 V& u/ V6 Iwas all boarded up.
" x+ V) _! K; r& e6 PI walked around for an hour & B; ^6 ~& ~2 E; L1 C8 _4 J2 _
and read all the names on the graves.# B) H N5 L9 Z& B
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.3 |# l' T: N3 ~: }2 q( h7 ~
Travelling Wolf had died before.! b. u u7 ?# W. I# Z X- L9 |
According to the cross on his grave! ` S# M, d& }+ ?5 E8 x
he was 22 years old,6 ]4 | B# o2 x0 F+ o8 R
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
& c6 A; Q7 f' G. }% x4 L- F% ?in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.3 K9 S7 Z6 X/ d7 K7 F- h% C
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