Charles Burchfield, Journals, March 21, 1962

March 21 – Wednesday –

The same gray stagnant weather temp. about 40° - listless rain at times –
A.M. in studio studying various spring folios as well as some pictures (Solitude – Gowanda Canyon in spring)

After lunch – got to work on the dream I had the other night, of the mountain plateau, with the log cabins and the gigantic locusts – after I got to work, I left the dream behind, and began to improvise – I added a rain-bow, and streaks of golden sunlit rain-drops – and many stumps in the foreground.

Exhausted at the end of the afternoon – but Bertha said she liked the sketch.

During the day, she had calls from Naomi Stroesser, and Nordners’ secretary, wanting photographs –

Bedtime music – Dvorak’s ‘Rusalka’ – highlights – Truly beautiful music – expressing deep emotions, as, most of Dvorak’s music does – This recording is so superior to the complete recording I also have, that it makes me wish this was also a complete recording.

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, March 21, 1962