Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Lightning and Thunder at Night, 1920; watercolor and charcoal on paper, 19 x 26 3/4 inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Rand Penney
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, between December 20 and 29, 1917
Saturday, Dec 20, 2014
The mind has a subconscious activity that borders on direct activity — though ostensibly we refuse to think of a certain thing, & apparently we have put it down, at any cessation of direct active thinking, the other returns, completely worked out in all its details, tho at first it might have been but the germ of a thought.
Charles E. Burchfield, between December 20 and 29, 1917