The 'Scream' may have been stolen from Norway Museum, but no one can silence the silent scream that is welling up within my soul......
Oh, faithful web followers, those who have been with me from the beginning, know that Edvard Munch's
Scream is one of my favorite art pieces. So today I am mourning the loss of this wonderful painting. While reading the BBC News online I was dismayed to find that thieves have stolen my painting, again!!
If you have read the article, you will notice that it is dated August 22, 2004. I am suffereing a delayed reaction to the trauma incurred on that dreadful day. I went into denial and just assumed that my painting would have been returned to the Museum, just as a baby longs to return to the arms of a nursing mother. I cannot let denial rule any longer........please, dear thief return my painting to its rightful place!
I feel a hollow, a void in my heart since you went away. My denial turned into mourning, but now anger is beginning to well up within me. How could you do this, you dirty rotten thief! To have the audacity to steal my painting, in broad daylight! How could you? Why would you take one so young, one so fragile, one so beautiful? To think that I may never see my painting again. To imagine one day standing in the Munch Museum, only to stare blankly at a vacant space......a space where my painting used to hang.
No way! I hadn't heard anything else about it - thanks very much for the update.
Posted by: Faith | June 30, 2006 at 10:05 AM
Hello.
This is the first time I have been on the site and although this is old news, I just thought you might want to read the additional information the BBC NEWS added to that Stolen Scream entry.
"The Norwegian government received a demand for a ransom of $1m, but never got proof that those demanding the money had the painting.
An anti-abortion group claimed it could get the painting returned if an anti-abortion film was broadcast on television.
Police dismissed that claim.
The painting was recovered undamaged in a hotel about 65km (40 miles) south of Oslo in May 1994. Three Norwegians were arrested in connection with the theft. "
Although I am guessing you have already known it was safely returned, I just wanted to check you caught your breath. :) Hope I helped! xxx
Posted by: Talula Solomon | June 27, 2006 at 09:12 PM