Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Landscape with Blue Trees, 1915; watercolor and graphite on paper, 14 x 20 inches; Image courtesy of the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 9, 1932
Saturday, Jul 9, 2016
Reading in my journal of June & July 1915 — The rhapsodic utterings of that period expressive of my pure unattached joy in a marvelous world, fills me now with unutterable sadness and longing — almost of terror. Could I but once again walk in those lush meadows of wonder.
Charles E. Burchfield, July 9, 1932