Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
6 I7 l1 V8 w' a# A. f5 _ I did take a picture
; D1 {+ K5 ]4 h( |3 s3 R, X& sof the small temple
7 A- r! Z5 F" k v8 L2 t+ Vand the urn under its roof,
7 ]' Q" ~0 Y" M' O8 K3 `$ v' ?behind this wall.
5 K! f8 A/ I- q0 OBut what moved me
" ]7 Z, d- s( D! k# X8 owas the mossy surface
, W5 f }- T1 [ J' X# B- e( kof the grey stone.
" F$ D+ ]3 {$ ?! X Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,9 g' ?% W( Z2 w- Z) l6 R% ]
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
; d/ Z( P; G+ `( a; n8 ^It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting 8 K! x) f" G+ K4 J+ M
of Edward Hopper:
( h- l: k% n$ p& w* y"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
3 ]/ F$ J/ V& P; ], d& [It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
( @( s) s) Y- y2 V" T8 |4 hwas all boarded up.
- J0 _$ Q f( U+ [! d7 `. NI walked around for an hour . e+ X6 u a6 O; m
and read all the names on the graves.
x! s8 X0 K7 y. CSome of the men had died in the Vietnam war.4 w+ Y# r. C- c& z8 g
Travelling Wolf had died before.
+ ?! j# u1 B/ N- N* AAccording to the cross on his grave1 N( Z' q2 u' ]& J, {: F
he was 22 years old,
3 ^$ {" o1 J0 F& I% m& }/ l# dwhen Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
5 q2 X' R" o1 ~+ Cin this part of Montana, in the year 1900.) P. v( x% L) a& D; ]* Q( ~
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