Charles Burchfield, Journals, June 7, 1915

Brilliant white sun bursting thru black wind-ragged ailanthus. Cool wind in window. Early to park. Massive thunderhead far to west like a phantom - Grass bristling with waving bloom – rollicking bird song. My songster is a small olive colored bird. I shall call him the “Rollicker - oriole about. I can derive a lot of pleasure in watching the wind in the willows - Play of roving shadows over the sun-lit ground – cottonwood down darting aimlessly in the air. Then at times how a fresh wind suddenly comes along and puts music in the finely clattering leaves overhead.

Reading short biographies of Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Del Sarto, Correggio, Gainsborough etc.

At Grünplatz – Hot wind blue haze – air full of cottonwood down like snow, big white clouds appearing -

To School – Commencement Music etc. –

To Austin’s – Auto Ride – thundery sky –

Storm – wonderful lightning & rain dashings –

Wagner music on Victrola Evening – Sunset weird– Sulfurous sky, sweep of loose ragged clouds – wind grows colder black windy trees against rattling arc lights –

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 7, 1915