Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
1 v5 H4 E, j: [7 A, J I did take a picture ( u& T, S: F z) Q
of the small temple+ u2 T" |' M. `: }
and the urn under its roof,
! q, x& u0 G7 t7 Z* H/ _. \behind this wall.% C! V7 L. Z; Y* u0 @' |5 }
But what moved me8 h( M$ v6 K) } E2 P
was the mossy surface2 I* C: u6 c$ C2 P3 k$ j
of the grey stone.
. K; e& I: q4 B7 n1 \4 s Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,; J/ y) J$ b X: `5 S; x
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
- m( N/ Q2 }5 s5 qIt was as if I had walked into my favorite painting
- F# ^, N4 b* jof Edward Hopper:
2 x- E6 a% h+ p9 [5 Y0 |"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.& r* y3 T* [+ W1 ]# U
It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery + q5 e5 {, @- Z; O+ w% Q. m. @; C
was all boarded up.+ n z' e/ O, i
I walked around for an hour
5 r! j: e# x+ p8 Yand read all the names on the graves.
5 Q# U* p3 A1 a8 a. p( WSome of the men had died in the Vietnam war.. T: z' o4 C6 V! \6 v
Travelling Wolf had died before.* i1 T6 G5 Z. i4 ^; v
According to the cross on his grave
4 K# h I& B+ m5 f9 `he was 22 years old,
9 j/ P3 H8 W+ ]5 uwhen Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians3 E# B" }* j8 a3 x7 n6 k( K, X. \
in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.5 `% t2 a2 o6 a n7 C/ u3 C: C! F- M
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