Inside The Toshodaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
( h0 j6 o3 E+ I+ ~, _+ U I did take a picture 1 d; }8 c" \2 T- g9 ^# g
of the small temple' v5 v$ l6 ~/ ~( n) B$ F! l1 w
and the urn under its roof,; D1 j# k% @& B/ q/ i# V: Z
behind this wall.
' I! ^) D7 H. q& g0 t, mBut what moved me( u- r& E; i0 x; J7 d5 \5 K! d+ p; b
was the mossy surface* y+ ^ m# u5 O& P k' x3 k# v' V
of the grey stone./ ~, |9 v* [& i$ P! Y3 F
Street Front In Butte, Montana Early morning,
/ g# H, f/ U8 h, s) [not a soul on the streets of Butte, Montana.3 ~- z2 G P, w/ c/ y4 n
It was as if I had walked into my favorite painting & g, M9 {+ e3 V- T) [1 I; L A
of Edward Hopper:
( F" D; r/ [2 t1 j s T) i"Early Sunday Morning", painted in 1930.
2 m# h- U/ U# u' UIt was Sunday, indeed. Indian Cemetery In Montana The wooden church next to the Indian Cemetery 1 O* d) j( d5 f% x: c/ |; t
was all boarded up.
) d" }' t& ~1 D( SI walked around for an hour
( F$ F Y" I+ k5 R H$ a% G2 F! Jand read all the names on the graves.
: {! Z5 l1 t) K2 f1 }) @5 f% nSome of the men had died in the Vietnam war.
2 ^8 Y5 b1 }: s4 e* GTravelling Wolf had died before.: x4 T8 R+ L2 U0 h. @* l+ K
According to the cross on his grave+ P& J: H$ C& X" @
he was 22 years old,% @) B' D) }" B/ I; v" G& {
when Edward Curtis photographed the Blackfeet Indians
4 L* Y& g) s1 ]7 C; w& oin this part of Montana, in the year 1900.; U( p( w) i8 x
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