Charles Burchfield, Journals, May 19, 1929

I feel the need of getting away to some secret place to think about God;

If there is a God—I mean if there is a God that expects loftiness & goodness from the men he has created—

Is the fact that I feel the loss of a personal God due to certain vicious thoughts that always haunt me? Does one have to be pure first before he can feel the presence of a God? Why cannot an impure man sense a Divine Being, even one who might frown on him?

Charles Burchfield, May 19, 1929