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PatrickforO

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13. Yes, the earth screams at the destruction caused by capitalism.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2019, 11:25 AM

Mar 2019

This has always been one of my favorite paintings. Yes, hearing a scream, but screaming too, in sympathy with our earth at the damage our species has done to all life.

I sometimes say, "Once you know, you can't ever go back," and it is true. Once you wake up to the horrors we are inflicting on this planet, all the life that is on it, and see our cruelty and greed, it is hard not to scream right along with the great earth soul.

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Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' [View all] left-of-center2012 Mar 2019 OP

Such a great work Ohiogal Mar 2019 #1

Read an interesting article a few months ago happybird Mar 2019 #9

Some pieces do have to be explained Perseus Mar 2019 #10

Is it the scream we hear today as nature readies to shut us down? delisen Mar 2019 #2

I thought of that myself ... Ohiogal Mar 2019 #3

+1 MLAA Mar 2019 #5

Well said. n/t delisen Mar 2019 #7

Munch's description sounds like he's experiencing synethesia. Anon-C Mar 2019 #4

I always thought he is hearing a siren or screaming LakeArenal Mar 2019 #6

A truly remarkable piece of art. KPN Mar 2019 #8

The full scream quote crazytown Mar 2019 #11

im still going for him.....her screaming...their mouth is wide open! samnsara Mar 2019 #12

Yes, the earth screams at the destruction caused by capitalism. PatrickforO Mar 2019 #13

I always thought it was a scream related to the figure's surroundings lunatica Mar 2019 #15

im voting for the man leaning against the fence as the author of the quote... samnsara Mar 2019 #14

I've never liked that painting William Seger Mar 2019 #16