Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), December Moonrise, 1959; watercolor on paper, 30 x 36 inches; The Phillips Collection, Gift of B. J. and Carol Cutler, 2009
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals December 13, 1914
Monday, Dec 13, 2021
by noon the snow was at full tilt streaking the grey landscape in its calm silent down - flutter. From the southeast, it had a depth that belongs only to the southeast, and clung softly to all objects, tho the trees expressed the true poetry of the occurrence, appearing as if their branches were lit up from above. / A storm like this is a momentous occasion. All afternoon it came down. Down down down and as I looked out the window I wondered it did not make a roaring sound. The silence!
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 13, 1914