Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 16, 1916

The mediocre mind is eager to accept the impossible supernatural things, but scoffs at the most ordinary natural phenomena.

In the midst of confusion I long for solitude.

But I saw a windblown maple in the rain today.

As I was looking over Pyle’s wonderwork — King Arthur— I thought of the great men who have achieved great things and felt that a powerful self-controlled mind must be behind it all — at which I despaired of my own work —

Does the sun still shine over misty valleys at morning?

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, June 16, 1916