Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Blackbirds in the Snow, 1941-45; watercolor on joined paper, 20 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches; Walker Art Center, Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, Gilbert M. Walker Fund, 1946
Charles Burchfield, Journals, January 3, 1941
Tuesday, Jan 6, 2015
In studio studying pictures, and (later) reading in my journal of 1925 to 30—One should never cease keeping a journal. How invaluable to me now, with the present turmoil and disaster in the world, are my thoughts of those days—They bring me back to sanity; —and will provide the connecting link between one period of peace [i.e., and} another.
Charles Burchfield, January 3, 1941