Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan% w, K5 s! J: l# p6 Q& N7 V2 |9 Y
I did take a picture & S' {, Q0 m: E* n H: B. a% W
of the small temple+ c* @% V" C' N$ o3 m! R
and the urn under its roof,! F# t' a9 ?+ @. d% X) z2 P, e( }& v
behind this wall.
" m- I6 ~8 L& J2 yBut what moved me
# o n6 }2 V3 E( U, ~was the mossy surface
8 O; o" r' E# Cof the grey stone.; ]1 i% W+ r9 {) n; q* A4 I! G7 |
Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,& G" j/ J, F( n9 I; ^
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
0 P! B7 D6 B4 qIt was as if I had walked into my favorite painting
+ e3 V, W5 W: @2 h$ C7 Q8 Vof Edward Hopper:. K! ~% x5 F0 C" q1 n1 i# B
"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
/ |3 p6 Z% f1 yIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
8 [6 j: w2 h! ~+ k7 \& C0 Fwas all boarded up.+ b7 K4 U* Y$ q1 f/ ]: e( r& u
I walked around for an hour : N# L- j3 a; H, r' l7 n( y
and read all the names on the graves.
3 f$ `5 v) K! A+ TSome of the men had died in the Vietnam war.% p; P) C, c: d: Z8 |- H
Travelling Wolf had died before.
' u! O/ G, e( u+ r2 B' rAccording to the cross on his grave
! `+ l/ r2 R: Vhe was 22 years old,
7 r9 P8 }; n' xwhen Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians1 N* k' X7 q1 b$ G) F( q; j0 y9 g
in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.; n3 L( i9 w. U& a" i* B8 S9 V
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