57Heaven and Hell
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
—George Bernard Shaw
Painter Edvard Munch (of The Scream fame) was also an avid photographer; however, he did not quite consider photography and painting as equally worthy forms of art, saying that the camera will never compete with the brush and palette “until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell.” As many photographers will surely attest, this has already happened, many times. Indeed, this is not unique to photography or painting, but can be said of any form of creative expression. This is because creative epiphanies often align themselves with the moods of the artist. There is a kind of creativity that comes when the mind is calm and ...
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