The Scream Appears in a Tree Stump in Norway - Neatorama

(Photo: Kjell Marius Mathisen)

The Scream, the most famous painting of Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch, cried out against the eternal horror of everyday existence though a tree stump in Norway. Kjell Marius Mathisen, a man who works in the cultural heritage field for the Oppland county government, spotted it and took this photo.

Mathisen insists that the shape of the rings is "just a coincidence." But Munch himself might disagree. He wrote of the moment which inspired this painting:

I was walking along the road with two friends
The Sun was setting – the Sky turned blood-red.
And I felt a wave of Sadness – I paused
tired to Death – Above the blue-black
Fjord and City Blood and Flaming tongues hovered
My friends walked on – I stayed
behind – quaking with Angst – I
felt the great Scream in Nature

-via Nothing to Do with Aborath

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He wrote that describing a panic / anxiety attack.

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Homer Simpson's comb-over comb?

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Just like the waning fads of style in movie serials such as Flash Gordon and fins on cars of the era, the "streamlined" Multi-Hammer didn't retain popularity either.

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A weapon, perhaps an instrument of torture, specifically designed for people who ask, "Can you hear me now?"

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That is a tool for disassembling square sprocket chain.

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Salvador Dali's salad fork.

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A really big saw set for really big saws?

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This is obviously a meat tenderizer for zebras

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Tension tool for leather belt drives. My grandfather always kept one tied to his belt. When we asked him why, he would become very cross. I've always wondered what happened to my 'Grandpa Hammer.' Ummm, where did you get this?

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Rainbow Dash's rainbow groomer. Her alter ego uses it as a hoof/knuckle duster.
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It's for grooming the sheep that make steel wool.

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Thor's pasta fork, Mjafalde!

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It's what was left of Thor's hammer after he messed with Wolverine.

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The only surviving remnant of the battle between Thor and Wolverine.

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That's a portable shovel sharpener.

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Thor is trying to keep up with the times posing as a skater, with his Fallen Shoes and modified Fallen logo hammer to match. Don't worry, he still has his winged helmet, but these wings are just stickers.

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This is Thor's Moustache comb "GreBarten", the lesser known accessory to his famous hammer.

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Thor's comb. Obviously.

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Hammer used for building Stonehenge

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This is obviously an early version of a hand held knife sharpener used by the vikings. Different thickness of different blades can be inserted into the slot and yanked out to 'sharpen' the weapon. Use with only permission from Odin and use the blood of your enemies for proper lubrication.

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It's a knuckle sandwich maker. Duh.

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Computers are older than many originally thought. This ancient Roman USB thumb drive was recently discovered, alongside the scattered remains of an iron abacus.
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It's Thor's hammer after the Asgardian's unfortunate run-in with a rust monster having the munchies.

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It's a knife duller, for when you've done too much and polished an edge into your butter spreader of choice.

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Hagrid's comb.
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This is the honorary key to the International Museum of Leaf Removal Technologies, featuring over 2500 different rakes, yard brooms, "foliage scufflers," "detritus dedistributors," and other such lawn care implements.

Located in Carthage, Missouri (known as the "Maple Leaf Capital"), the museum hosts a symposium once a year to discuss the latest updates to this centuries-old practice of scraping tree waste from the surrounding environs, and the paper which is considered "best in show" receives the "Palme d'Floor" and this special key, thought to resemble one of the rakes used by the keepers of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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A spatula for grilling spaghetti.

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