My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my narrow path and join the swirling mainstream of life, but I always find myself drawn inexorably back towards the chasm's edge, and there I shall walk until the day I finally fall into the abyss.
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About Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch was a 19th-century Norwegian painter. Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back
  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life
  • Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression

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