August 13, 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
brilliancy pierce the eye. I doubt not if could mount some high treeless hill where all is quiet, they would cast a shadow.(HT)The “milky way” is plainly visible a streak of haze extending almost north & south, but a little diagonally from S.W. to N.E.(HT)August is said to be the month of “falling stars” I have looked up no reference on the subject - I saw three while I was standing here: short lived streaks of molten silver. We wonder at the silence of these stars.