Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

to a rose-breasted gross-beak singing his song. And the thoughts it inspired were not ones that could be put on canvas in colors. No, they alone can be expressed in words.

What then can be the answer? Can it be both. I can see no other out. One alone is a hard enough road what then will the two combined mean. I confided to Alice Bailey this spring that I was going to write books about nature and illustrate them myself. Already in my mind I have made the following resolution, but I will now put it down on paper: I hereby dedicate my life and soul to the study and love of nature, with the purpose to bring it before the mass of uninterested public, that they may see and become familiar with the endless number of nature’s beauties, wherein lies my greatest happiness. If I can bring only a few serious-minded people to see how vital nature is, besides being beautiful, I shall be content.