Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)Untitled (Journal Pg 23)
August 4, 1914 - August 5, 1914
graphite pencil on commercially-made lined paper
5 13/16 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
centre of the earth.(HT)(HT)(HT)(HT)August 5, 1914A cool morning, A white mist fills the air, obscuring distance & blending nearer things.As I dress, hear faintly half completed song of oriole. Think it is a vagrancy of the morning. As I go down Vine one sang full and strong. Poplar trees full of life even when no perceptible breeze is blowing. Their pliant stems seem as the they have life of themselves. As the choppy foliage glitters the leaves, scattering sunlight, are continually dissolving into the