A rainy & blue-green grey sky; a light breeze twitches the ends of the stiff iris blades – flicker calls in the hazy pollen choked air – poplar catkins stretched out in the [dark] night, the trees seem to dissolve as they fall – the ground is wormy with bloom – The air is very thick & opaque some objects are only half seen –
Painting – Bloody Battle & powerful sun just emerging from underneath clouds.
A series of ideas to show development of human race from Christ, Buddha, Confucius + other philosophers to terrific war of present.
Charles E. Burchfield, April 20, 1917