Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, October 21, 1923

Trip to Cattaraugus—…

As I walk along here I watch the huge masses of clouds that rolled along the hilltop and I thought of those old Hebrew poets + prophets who wrote the Old Testament.  And then I thoughtt of what someone said in thinking of the Ancients—“we ourselves are the ancients” —Is the day of direct contact with God over?—that is, are we not prophets who find God on every hilltop and in the skies? Our scientific discoveries are only new toys to us. —they will soon pall + we will pick up some of the old.  The evolutionists rely upon real facts and probably as far as they go, are right—but no line in their creed can compare with Genesis I-2: And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters—

Charles E. Burchfield, October 21, 1923