吶喊前

(“I was walking along a path with two friends – the sky was setting – Suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue black fjord and the city –) my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.” – Edvard Munch.

吶喊前到底發生了什麼事?是怎樣的吶喊能把整個畫面都完全扭曲變形?又是什麼刺激了這幅傳世名畫的創作靈感?為了嘗試解釋這些纏繞百年的重重疑團，不妨試想:假若橋的另一端矗立的可能赫然是一頭正在咆哮的獅子，準備向畫家步步進逼。那麼究竟誰在吶喊呢?是獅子？是畫家？又或是他們齊聲合奏這自然的吶喊曲?