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
livens the throats of birds. Catbird, Robins, Crows (always remote) A cicada.(HT)Creek becomes narrow - only a brook now. In it are long streams of pond scum which mark the direction of current.(HT)Teasel patch.(HT)Again am I secluded - the meadow is rife with Haros. Creek becomes deep & has muddy green color. More than dou¬bles back upon itself & divides in several places. It becomes more wild as I proceed. I must advance in a crouching position. Elders, Willows. All at once the stream widens out into a broad creek again