Edvard Munch
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And gradually, without you noticing
what is happening,

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this person becomes the one
who is holding back your life.

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Seeking now to de-emphasize
all unimportant details

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by blurring their images,
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struggling to eliminate Mrs. Heiberg
from his mind,

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striving somehow to impart
the quiver and intensity

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of his feelings onto
the raw surface of his canvas,

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seeking to awaken
a similar mood in the viewer,

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Munch works and reworks
the head of his sister,

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detailing hair, eyes and mouth,
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only to scrape the oil
from the canvas and begin again.

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Using his knife, the back
of his brush, the point of a pencil,

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Munch scratches and scores deep
into the thick oil,

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as he struggles to remember
and struggles to forget.

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She looked into my eyes
with her fair hair

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and her pale, delicate skin.
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You're strange.
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But you're a fine person.
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You're sweet.
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What do you think of women
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who have extra-marital relationships?
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In my opinion a woman is
and ought to be a defenceless

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and beautiful little being,
both in body and soul,

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who needs the protection
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and security of a man.
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If you think this is funny, it's...

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