Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), “The Forest of Wild Thyme” by Alfred Noyes, 1915; gouache and graphite on paper, 27 x 16 inches; Image courtesy of the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 4, 1914
Saturday, Aug 4, 2018
And so do my impressions of childhood evade me. Of late there have been rare instances when childhood impressions would flash across my mind—it is not that I wish to go back, or mourn for the past. I only wish I might look at nature new as I did then, with a mind steeped in fairy tales and illusions.
--Charles E. Burchfield, August 4, 1914