Scream thy Norwegian scream

By Michael J.W. Stickings

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Dear President Obama,

Please don't snub us. It will only deepen our existential malaise.

Depressedly yours,

The people of Norway

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This gives me an opportunity to post another work by one of my favourite painters, Edvard Munch -- as I did here, here, here, and here.

Here's the magnificent Ashes (1894), which, as you can see, is overflowing with existential despair.