Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan2 U) u& b4 U9 e$ v
I did take a picture ' w7 ~ F! E& u2 w
of the small temple
3 m4 E. r0 H# w! G5 y) L5 _and the urn under its roof,
4 ]0 U" {+ ]4 O0 M/ _; Obehind this wall.7 t+ o* c, k: q' g
But what moved me# }& {1 J0 ]4 m, X
was the mossy surface
% a7 {) B' ]# e( q$ uof the grey stone.7 I3 g) c" i1 d9 |1 D5 B2 T/ j
Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,$ k l( d0 ?, F: a" m0 W/ {, _0 c
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
$ M" L/ K+ x& q! YIt was as if I had walked into my favorite painting " M5 I+ R) |5 p8 Y
of Edward Hopper:
0 G/ @0 A' e2 R3 v6 H1 H"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.# v/ L/ b: C9 e7 c i
It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
4 Q6 ^% C4 L% a* Pwas all boarded up.
* }. K4 ]" C. d- CI walked around for an hour
; S; M7 G V' c! p/ eand read all the names on the graves.- i" o; e, ` f' `3 H7 o( z
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.- f7 D& d5 L7 b
Travelling Wolf had died before.
" `, E$ Z3 X4 v: z+ S4 bAccording to the cross on his grave
+ d2 i* N% L& q2 H( vhe was 22 years old,- M* f) B4 b A: c. B8 A6 z
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians( K% t9 Q Q$ P( v
in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.5 G' b7 i" ^' o/ q# f9 ` X0 d
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