Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Apr. 12 – Monday –
Cold and raining all dah.
Painting on the “Two Ravines” –
I have been reading more in the Audubon Journals – The European and now the Labrador. (When in N.Y. both F.R. [Frank Rehn] & [Eugene] Speicher had urged me to get this journal to read) – I am enjoying them thoroughly – What a delightful man he was. I find myself again and again in his accounts, which is one of the pleasures of reading autobiographies. At the moment, engaged as I am in my “Two Ravines” I find his Labrador Journal fascinating. He tells me what no other writer on north lands tells me, what I must want to know about the country – its weather etc. as revealed in little things. His description of butterflies in July flitting over snowbanks, and flowers blooming, - records well with the mood of my picture.
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The Dvorak’ Fourth is a beauty – full of haunting, almost sad, melodies.
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A letter from Mr. Canby, Sec’y for the American Institute of Arts and letters, inviting me as a member to a banquet May 10 – The purpose of the banquet, as announced is to vote on a proposed amendment – viz. the insertion of the word “creative” before “achievements,” hitherto lacking.!!!
Apr. 13, Tuesday –
Colder, the rain turned to snow which fell at intervals all