Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.008

[inscription reads] " silver in the low west beautiful. Katydids (the “wee-wee-wee” variety) / See but one fire fly & hear no whip-poor-wills. / July 26, 1914 / A clear hot day. A whistling wind. / The blue morning glories. I remember well how I used to hesitate comparing them to the sky, deeming it a sacrilege to suppose anything to be considered equal of the sky which was supposed to be heaven. Realizing, as I do now, that heaven & God are within us, I do not feel this peculiar hesitancy; and feel "