Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Winter Landscape with Trees, 1916; Watercolor on paper, 11 x 20 inches, Image courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Archives at the Burchfield Penney.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 27A, Dec. 5, 1915
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015
Some time ago on a walk with H— [Alice erased]. I asked him [her erased] if any knew just what a prayer was, and declared that if I stopped to admire or sketch a tree, it was more of a prayer than meaningless phrases mumbled in a church. I was delighted a moment ago to find the same thought in Emerson’s Self-Reliance.
Charles E. Burchfield, December 5, 1915