Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Looking Westward Across Pine Hollow, 1917; watercolor on paper, 18 x 22 inches; Image from the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles E. Burchfield's Dreams, Journals, August 23, 1948
Sunday, Jul 29, 2018
A dream in which once again I was on my way to a mysterious wooded hollow to the South-East; one that I had visited before in dreams. It seems as if it is going to be a miraculously wonderful place that belongs to my boyhood. But waking, the sad reflection is that to really savor its wonder & excitement I must be a boy again, in company with other boys, and that is gone forever.
Charles E. Burchfield, August 23, 1948