Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
+ a9 n. V+ R7 \ I did take a picture ! v s9 \6 y8 x U0 W" \
of the small temple
; _) h. c7 ~- b8 z7 iand the urn under its roof,
) E4 ]# P- g S. T6 f+ d; Y0 |0 i( Obehind this wall.( W( [0 |: ~; S$ n% D& W
But what moved me0 L8 x- ^9 F, g+ U; I r- {
was the mossy surface5 Q2 {( ~5 k7 @3 [) w
of the grey stone.* x* x) z6 ~" _
Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,5 Y, h2 P+ n' {7 a: _5 ^6 O; B
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.; X& m# |3 ~' e1 C- Q( d3 v/ ?9 g
It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting 2 A' m$ U# k8 Q; v
of Edward Hopper:
& [- A# {5 `" e( V! F% ^"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
! F) G( c' X; W. P! oIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery Q6 O) Y" S9 c
was all boarded up.
" E G# p+ O8 l+ S9 E3 _3 s" L5 ^( NI walked around for an hour 8 Z2 }, h. J! U/ N6 L0 ?- |
and read all the names on the graves.3 A' k$ ?* H B: E! o" V
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.
; k0 W1 D7 V8 G7 Y) g0 FTravelling Wolf had died before.4 P# O/ V6 [* o1 \! n9 b( h! h
According to the cross on his grave/ G$ C( d% W2 g, f
he was 22 years old,
4 j$ I. |1 R9 N0 S/ P6 Hwhen Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
. v7 K" p( q7 [8 B/ ]in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.; j! g: X4 s# x$ S
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