Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 31, 1922

A Spring like day –

There is the inexpressible haunting feeling in today that belongs to Spring; the soul is torn between sweet reverie & unknown desires – the wanderlust is born on such days –

What romance in the boom of trucks & other traffic as we sit indoors – we never knew till now the poetry that existed in the rattle of a [street-car], or a carpenter’s hammer

The streets are glistening with slush & water and the tall ungainly buildings look at themselves in the street below – yellow red & blue trucks delight the eye – garish bill-boards once ugly, are now glorified.

Charles E. Burchfield, January 31, 1922