Skogen 1908

Edvard Munch made "Skogen" with what looks like a pencil, resulting in a monochromatic world of trees, and a couple embracing. I’m imagining Munch there, rapidly sketching, line after line, trying to capture a feeling of the forest. It's a dance between control and letting go, you know? The dark lines give the trees this dramatic, almost theatrical presence. I see the way he uses the pencil to create different textures and densities. The trees are so alive. Then there’s the intimate moment of the figures amidst it all. I wonder what Munch was thinking about when he drew this. What kind of relationship did he imagine between the couple and the woods? It reminds me of other artists who have explored themes of nature and emotion like Van Gogh, but Munch brings this unique rawness to it. It makes you realize that we're all in a conversation across time. Artists are constantly borrowing, responding, and pushing back against one another, and making something new out of something old.