The Role of the Artist

Art and literature have much in common they both express and tell stories of how the artist or publisher feels at that very moment. Many of the great things in life are from depressing, heroic, tragic, or blissful happenings in the world when I look at the painting of The Scream I see that Edvard Munch was in a dark place in his mind at the time maybe he was depressed or out on his luck, the man screaming is crying out for help I believe that he needs a person or people to lift him out of his dark world and show him that there is kindness in the world. Moving on to the next painting of The Dead Mother show a little boy or girl (I can't really tell) confused as the kid's mom has passed away. As in the Scream the kid in need of help, but who can actually fill the void of a mother? The last picture is tell a story of isolation in the painting Evening on Karl Johan show a group of well dressed people walking on the side walk the you see a figure walking in the street isolated in darkness I believe that this figure is lonely and needs someone to talk to. What do all these paintings have to do with a kafkaesque mood as I said before they all tell a story of how Edvard is feeling for the most part isolated and sad if compared to A Hunger Artist both the characters in the story and characters in the paintings are both looking for the someone to pull him or her out of that dark, sad, lonely, and isolated world because it only takes one person to do it. Every one gets to that point in life few can express it in a way too make others feel better and to me that is having the heart of a warrior. Go White Sox!!!