:44:00
"the fusion of two beings,
:44:02
"the smaller of which,
shaped like a carp,
:44:06
"seems on the point
of devouring the larger,
:44:09
"as is the habit of vermin,
:44:11
"microbes, vampires
and women."
:44:25
I have also written something
to Edvard, my eldest son.
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"Do not covet
:44:37
"that which is on earth
:44:40
"but rather that which is in heaven.
:44:43
"Keep watch and pray.
:44:47
"Your mother."
:44:55
Munch creates yet another version
of Melancholy.
:45:00
Blank against the twisting,
sinuous shore of Åsgårdstrand,
:45:05
two rocks, like the black eyes
of a snake,
:45:09
stare at him.
:45:20
I can't go on.
:45:27
A predominant characteristic
of Munch's work in this period
:45:30
is the lack of contact between
the human beings in his paintings.
:45:35
People remain isolated
:45:37
even though in direct
physical contact.
:45:41
The sensory organs disappear,
:45:43
faces become blank,
:45:45
hands are clubs or curved hooks,
:45:49
as the features of human contact
are eliminated.
:45:54
For Edvard Munch himself,
:45:55
human contact
is becoming a matter of fear,
:45:59
fear of his own ego
dissolving into the psyche