08/22/1914
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
It has appeared of walking stick. Take it in house to examine it better. It flies across room, and by its dipping flight I judge it to be a species of crane-fly. I see its wings now - grey, rediculously short for such a long body. Its legs are thread-like and each joint is white. The front pair are held straight out in front & brought to a point which heightens its sticklike appearance. The other four & extremely long. Antennae are very long. Its regularly up & down movement when at rest may be compared to