Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
5 W! F6 s! X. N; k$ [6 } I did take a picture 8 Z: ]" E2 G" `0 R
of the small temple r& |5 O1 P) `9 P( C0 x
and the urn under its roof,
2 N1 v5 l% `: w4 v! v5 [+ ubehind this wall.
$ [% v+ j- E' [: C, H/ ~5 B' U- oBut what moved me
' k, e+ e, \4 J* Y3 wwas the mossy surface
- n9 D; @: c4 }9 l$ M4 H X" q. Dof the grey stone.
) q* F2 b1 p# ?8 ] Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,
4 j. |7 i) L l' B2 Z( I' }not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
' s% V/ m- S' v2 }It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting
& q7 ^0 W- U! X# n/ r. xof Edward Hopper:
2 w( E. T; o, j; |, |9 c: {5 P"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
8 e% \+ T4 h4 p3 y- P% DIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
. T T3 l1 D; H" i. _' c bwas all boarded up.6 C. @& _/ R% ~4 \
I walked around for an hour 6 T9 \/ s; I6 s) d
and read all the names on the graves.! s3 b" ~* q, V8 m3 H" K {
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.- H0 K' X/ z1 ]0 e: w3 L4 H0 e
Travelling Wolf had died before.0 |2 [/ O, @$ E
According to the cross on his grave' L( j; \# _& _2 @
he was 22 years old,, O5 M4 [( o e- {& @* ?
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
, P2 Q6 G! o8 ]0 j& rin this part of Montana, in the year 1900.6 \+ B+ Y, [4 I: P; x, U! P3 N. S, V Y
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