Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
' P) G& s: T5 ~ I did take a picture ( ]7 c% {& h9 i: @; a) Y
of the small temple
% }$ Z9 @$ \9 t6 Yand the urn under its roof,
/ q, m0 |1 v5 o3 j* hbehind this wall.
0 j0 T/ i1 I# t- R% XBut what moved me4 T6 d3 g( s' i% u7 L5 x
was the mossy surface
" `: B6 h+ t$ k$ _, n" Vof the grey stone.
5 }$ S Y; R: f. ?0 B. u* c Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,0 R% G" N( T( y+ t) s5 [
not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.; k7 ]2 a4 U7 j$ F: |& |% ~7 s. M
It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting 2 k* y( u$ e) W& @ L' K9 z: t
of Edward Hopper:6 u/ C& ?! X; L- |# ?
"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930./ O& Y# E0 O9 p3 \4 h) r/ Z
It was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery : g) v$ }+ g* _. q, U# |
was all boarded up.! _3 _; u+ B6 l- h
I walked around for an hour * b1 a, h+ t4 G$ n6 s0 ?' x; T
and read all the names on the graves. }) p+ N H( O
Some of the men had died in the Vietnam war.
! ]% a3 V+ F, ^ F3 bTravelling Wolf had died before.
) g Z& ^& o, FAccording to the cross on his grave
0 s( V) q4 ` L' R# i/ ^$ R4 uhe was 22 years old,: [. r9 @; M2 ~3 I# U7 q' S
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
6 R( d2 x( X- O% u, R% T" Bin this part of Montana, in the year 1900., w' l5 \) v/ o0 ]- ]
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