January 22 (1892): The Norwegian painter, Edvard Munch, walks on a bridge with two friends. He stops, and lets them go ahead. “I felt as though Nature were convulsed by a great unending scream,” he says, and paints the most famous depiction of modern anxiety. 

Contrary to what the kids say these days, it is not all good. Unless you are taking a very macro view of it. Otherwise, these “negative truths” as our friend Julie Matheson refers to them, should very much be the focus of our effort. What else should art transform but pain?

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