Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
, |4 M/ Y1 K I9 R2 P I did take a picture 3 g6 k5 J( ?0 |; r) T: M& D7 k& I# Z8 G- n
of the small temple: w9 g! H t- f( I
and the urn under its roof,
Y8 x# Q. S) g1 G; ^& rbehind this wall.
- D+ Q+ v7 c9 D4 s$ yBut what moved me
0 d9 B+ v" c2 p( H1 \; ]was the mossy surface
1 i3 i$ P- E! {9 Jof the grey stone.
3 f3 r, z/ e; |. H! J; F Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,( i* k: [9 e2 P4 [* W6 W( J
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
{: u( w: s7 \# I9 q4 n/ b& [It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting
3 L3 O; k. f. m9 M) M2 ^4 U' Gof Edward Hopper:
, @6 B! A" x& U# A; f3 A+ L"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.5 P% Y) e6 t. ]% Z
It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery 2 T, v7 d# F( [; ]8 f& ~
was all boarded up.8 \+ t; i5 K. I, U! `* D
I walked around for an hour
- e8 Z1 _+ c$ O' [0 t0 Qand read all the names on the graves.+ S5 g9 k# d6 x$ R. d* c+ Y7 F. Z
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.
' M: a# E" b; L; u: l2 K( |Travelling Wolf had died before.
, Y# n* r6 G4 \) Z2 ^# DAccording to the cross on his grave& T e$ z* {* @* z& B( b
he was 22 years old,
, m- c7 L7 R+ ~0 I* m5 D8 @when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians" a. ~1 u& ~1 g, p5 z, A' p
in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.+ o. ?2 E1 I' l6 Y% T
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