𝕤𝕔𝕦𝕞

"Why is loving another person such a risky endeavour? In Munch's motifs, love is both tender and painful at the same time. It is as though one cannot exist without the other. Perhaps Munch himself perceived love to be full of contrasts, seeing as he once described it as a fight between two people. As an artist, he never finished exploring this theme, sometimes taking inspiration from his own experiences and those of his friends. When he put these motifs together, love became a cycle of perpetual development from infatuation and jealousy to breakdown and destruction. Where there is passion in Munch, there is also pain. Where there is desire, there is also loss. It is as though he is asking: How can we bring ourselves to continue with this? And at the same time, he shows us that we have no choice."