The Scream

As we grow up, we are given two choices: to be the “real us”--riddled with self-doubt and overcome by troubling experiences--or to be the facade that we present. However we choose to present ourselves, it is common knowledge that time doesn’t wait for anyone. In fact, life is what happens to us when we are busy making other plans. And so as we live, caught up in our reality of homework and first kisses, of new hellos and old goodbyes, of laughing and crying, we are too busy rushing to notice that we are running headfirst into the very thing that we have always dreamed of--growing up. In a world in which all we see is superficiality, it is a true privilege when we get a glimpse into other’s real selves. Therefore, the painting that has always captured my attention is The Scream by Edvard Munch.
Since the dawn of time, humans have been moving forward, opening new doors, and, most importantly, constantly searching for perfection. Unfortunately, we haven’t always succeeded. It is in the very definition of humanity to be sometimes mistaken, confused, and lost. It is through the struggle of being human that we have …show more content…
Instead, it relied on painting a portrait on the sole artist’s point of view. Utilizing a subjective perspective, it radically distorted emotions that the artist felt to produce a mesmerizing effect on the viewer. The viewer no longer had to conform to what the painter was saying; instead, every artist had his own rendition of beauty. Expressionism doesn’t strive for perfection; it knows that’s impossible. Expressionism doesn’t try to introduce humans to the unattainable because that would be like coloring the sky with a blue crayon; it barely does it justice. As master writer Victor Hugo puts it, “There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.” This is exactly what Expressionism