Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 12, 1916

Sept 12, 1916 –

To bring out an idea powerfully the sensation must be highly conventionalized.  Thus if plants appear  grotesque, everything which is not grotesque must be omitted & the grotesqueness itself must be exaggerated

Or if a scene expresses grace, grace must be the keynote.  The color brilliant, it all must be vivid –

(sketch) a moon white [with color notations]

Charles E. Burchfield

Charles E. Burchfield, September 12, 1916