Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
1 v: X; a# t/ I; ~7 p. S8 @# ?1 \ I did take a picture
8 E9 T8 M* H, K- ?9 Dof the small temple. \" O5 X" d; {; E: I' S, h
and the urn under its roof,
2 |' | [( j! [& N; C5 x$ C5 \: nbehind this wall.: Z# N5 I& @# ^3 s G$ [& }' |( \
But what moved me
2 x( y M4 J2 M3 o, E. T# cwas the mossy surface
3 Z- p3 o! [0 j9 R9 J( M Aof the grey stone.
4 m% d6 Z( ^; H. @# q6 _# _ Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,
; r3 S0 j' |- t8 |! R6 Tnot a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
/ U+ n/ P, F% B9 z. \3 UIt was as if I had walked into my favorite painting & Y+ X: v9 i% w9 G
of Edward Hopper:6 C7 \7 k* Q* R
"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
' m4 b4 c) b! b/ N7 t D3 |It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
) Y; c/ k* @8 w/ Z% W1 e; J9 |was all boarded up.
2 t" _% I% B8 _" jI walked around for an hour , C7 _2 n7 J9 U& {
and read all the names on the graves.
$ }7 E. Y/ J% F% h* BSome of the men had died in the Vietnam war.& R, \8 ^; C$ D1 W
Travelling Wolf had died before.# C: ?' V6 N' z0 T
According to the cross on his grave
+ |3 l* G6 v# W0 E6 Ghe was 22 years old,4 }- l* [+ m9 A) _% ^
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians; N- h, N: ?- S1 y$ F7 v: y
in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.
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