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
-plant, this Jewell-weed - I wonder why the discoverer starting out with the poetical word “jewell” ended up so weakly? At least we can put accent on the first word - hangs over stream beds, of sandy stones, which sparkle with a myriad tiny diamond specks - a drop a dew has shattered on the stones, from this plant.(HT)Wade up middle of creek. Water knee deep at times, again scarcely toe-deep.(HT)Songsparrow - the eternal songster - sings.(HT)See wasp in nest of small spiders. Whether the dead skins