08/16/1914
graphite pencil on lined paper
5 3/4 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
and as stated above, of the ever dying & reviving wind, from whom he must have learned his crescendo:The katydid is more earthy - it is expressive of more lowly things - of rank smartweed growths; of scrawny dried grasses of all kinds; of withered plants; and of rusting leaves.(HT)Why is not the cicada more expressive of the supper air? Does not the katydid remain on the ground while the cicada climbs a tree? The English skylark goes so high in the air to sing he cannot be seen, but his notes sound the more beautiful for that reason - he expresses