Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan0 o* h0 @( D& w
I did take a picture / i+ G& q$ z9 s2 @6 F; u4 I/ F" f
of the small temple
9 F" K. x- O; U9 d& q9 m, qand the urn under its roof,
4 D" x Z* h: r# O( z1 U9 ?' abehind this wall.
" V+ ?' u. Q ?+ K& mBut what moved me: \* \# S- _# g) P" a! V8 S
was the mossy surface
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Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,: y" r0 W/ v8 a
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
3 t- s6 y p# W3 m, i1 nIt was as if I had walked into my favorite painting . ~) \4 G/ [5 B5 m% r
of Edward Hopper:) z' ~- j- c9 b' \
"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
5 q/ d6 L8 z$ k% s1 r, nIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery 4 h9 e' G8 {8 h2 n; z
was all boarded up.
! w9 ~+ j( U g) G- h, }6 EI walked around for an hour ) b; W1 ?, D7 t
and read all the names on the graves.1 W! K; T+ @! b2 s7 \# W
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.
6 ^( W/ g) m# l* BTravelling Wolf had died before.- B8 w0 o8 T2 T# ^
According to the cross on his grave
) @1 I: G6 @: P6 W! W: i Y' Y/ qhe was 22 years old,) C( \; Q+ K# @. D; w9 j/ q
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians1 k* }) ?: o$ G8 g; O. w0 h: c
in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.
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