tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post8819897520829122022..comments2024-03-11T18:46:56.863+11:00Comments on New England's History: The demons of a historic New England figureJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-9258142374134785762018-09-27T17:51:33.242+10:002018-09-27T17:51:33.242+10:00I'm sorry for the slow response, Helen. That w...I'm sorry for the slow response, Helen. That was a good post of yours. I will bring it up in the main post as a postscript. It is a powerful image. I hadn't know the background to the painting until I read your post. I have always envisaged it in metaphysical terms, a symbol of overwhelming despair. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-18608157732515848892018-09-21T12:00:00.977+10:002018-09-21T12:00:00.977+10:00Tomorrow morning I have scheduled a slightly diffe...Tomorrow morning I have scheduled a slightly different version of Edvard Munch's The Scream in my blog post, but they were powerful images, weren't they? I never liked Munch when I was first examining turn of the century art works, and in any case, William Ogilvie may not have seen such images when took his own life in 1920. But many other people did.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com