I awoke early enough to see the sunrise. It startled me half out of bed. Away from the horizon was a long cloud bar, flaming salmon in color, against a blue-green sky...
A dream fragment – of finding great quantities of white dog-tooth violets growing on a bank; and again of wandering down the “Egypt” road at twilight – a strong autumn wind was drawing rain out of the southwest – the air was filled with enormous oak leaves, rich glossy browns, and red browns...
The January gale is abroad again today – At noon the sun shines from a cold blue sky; icy roofs glow like rectangular suns; here and there a bit of ice left on the trees shines like a star —
The whistles roaring are far away. How the wind tears smoke away from chimneys – it does not know where to go...
Evening-concert. The last number was “Petrouchca.” The intermission commentator gave a short talk on Stravinsky in which he said that in his later career Stravinsky had turned his back completely on “expressionism” in music...
That exciting moment when one has a meeting hour at evening with his loved one; in the spring how the buildings & trees look at such a time...
To gallery about 11:00. The show looks well. (Frank has added the “Mid-June” it hangs next to “Autumnal Fantasy”)...
Walk after lunch down Niagara to Georgia, down Georgia to Canal.
The sights of Spring – peanuts in a sunlit window – bright colored tin signs & the cold blue reflection in windows facing north; children shouting -
The canal territory – dry dusty frozen plots...
The rising sun was powerful; it soon scattered the clouds and shone in an unhampered sky.
P.M. started work on an interior with Christmas tree, from the dining–room...
To produce great work an artist must first have a high aim and ideal. Then his difficulties and obstacles will not hinder him ―
Worked hard all afternoon on children’s portfolios – finish at 5:30. When I went out the beauty of the twilight was startling – Clear watery sky with a dazzling metallic green cast, the snow-covered house roofs against it a rich cold blue –