Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan; v& @( n; b5 G
I did take a picture
: k. P6 W8 m; J3 m' B: `5 Y- hof the small temple
* t' M( ] m# ?3 f" f; aand the urn under its roof,
# z3 d7 F* }0 z c/ Dbehind this wall.3 J5 q' C1 \; {
But what moved me* K: c, v E3 M( m) A- r8 t' \
was the mossy surface
7 O/ P1 H* e3 wof the grey stone.
) J% s# P- A0 V' u) R Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,
1 Y N9 G0 C2 O- @+ G0 @" v0 P6 Anot a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.
) Q+ L4 T4 p0 C6 A5 g. s: ]It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting
7 ` B& m+ R+ Kof Edward Hopper:
4 U& Y L, D& C" u2 x6 x"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
- T- Q/ U9 A7 ]5 h% v: o$ LIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery
5 p0 c. v" {0 u; E: m1 _was all boarded up.
6 V) Q( b6 @8 _% h$ u7 UI walked around for an hour : V7 |7 x! }2 t/ I# }; y% k
and read all the names on the graves.; N" Z! ~7 B* |$ j0 x& v& I
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.; H: B7 L6 n" ?+ C
Travelling Wolf had died before.; _7 Q7 F9 r; Y7 a0 w
According to the cross on his grave7 I! t5 K1 g6 T8 q1 ^7 u
he was 22 years old,
2 H1 S5 R6 W* h! S, Rwhen Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
% e5 Y# B. a% [3 N7 g7 ~in this part of Montana, in the year 1900.( K5 t& i/ w% d& z8 Z& ]
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