August 8, 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
Start out in search of source of Little Beaver. Out Goshen Road to Nigger Mill. The roads are powdery & clouds of dust mark the course of every vehicle. Distant woods blued as by wood smoke. Seen thru opening in a near screen of trees, these woods seem like distant lakes. The wind displays the tinny glint on all the trees, which reaches a high polish on the twinkling poplars. The cicada in his life among these trees must have gotten some of that tin on his musical instrument. Z-ing of katy