October 22, 1914
graphite on lined paper
5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
[inscription reads] " agnostic” On reading the opening paragraph’s, I find it tallies with what I have long thought. My sense of freedom comes in upon me more today than for some time. As long as I can remember I always had a hatred of much of formal religion. To go forth into life free of superstition, faith, Christian dogma - to look at nature with an innocent mind - how else can one see its beauty? Thus life is becoming more sublime each day. The novelty of casting away