PocketMatrix

Hi there,

I'm always scared when I see this image, I don't know why. I think it's a fear of something I cannot see. Please post your thoughts here. Thanks.
-Eike

Ahh, the scream by Edward Munch. A great image and an inspiring one when it comes to my work.

but why is the person Screaming?

I guess this is an example of looking at what is NOT drawn. Must be a Medafore for something in munch's life.

There's one thing about this image that is very interesting in my opinion:

Since Edvard (yeah, with "v") Munch is from Norway, "The Scream" is only one possible translation.

Many people translate the original title with "The Cry", which gives a completely different meaning, I think.

For me, "scream" is something offensive, while "cry" is quite passive and expresses fear and isolation.

As far as I know (I'm no art expert), Munch concentrates on this kind of subject (death, misery, bleakness - the darker aspects of life in general) in most of his work, because he lost his whole family when he was still a child.

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Well, if you look at the picture, you see a couple walking away from the person, who has features somewhat suggesting a child.

yes, crying and Screaming are very different emotions. the only thing in common is that they are expresions linked with pain.

Its not like a scream of fear, its a scream like a child who has been sepperated from their parents. the bridge signifies a trasition, like living with foster parents. the side the couple is leaving on has a lake with boats, or happiness.. the pit below is emptiness...

Or, maybe its just a painting?

all of his work deals with this work, and edvards etchings are even darker.

There is a poem explaining this picture:
I was out walking with two friends -
the sun began to set -
suddenly the sky turned blood-red -
I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on a fence -
there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-
black fjord and the city -
my friends walked on, and there I still stood,
trembling with fear -
and I sensed an endless scream passing through nature

Well, duh. It sounds better for sure, but this is how Munch explained it.

What's that story about this guy without legs that walked around a city, I think Brandenburg, in Germany before the sun set and he got there just in time because the city was on a hill and he thought he lost but won because they could still see the sun.

I liked that story. Can you tell it, Eike. please please please! *whines like 3 year old*

Sorry Moose, I never heard that story before

Agh agh agh!! That's the coolest story ever! It's like that german state's story! It's in the north west of german by the rhine river. It's a great story.