“Why is loving another person such a risky endeavour? In Munch’s motifs, love is both tender and painful at the same time. It is as though one cannot exist without the other. Perhaps Munch himself perceived love to be full of contrasts, seeing as he once described it as a fight between two people. As an artist, he never finished exploring this theme, sometimes taking inspiration from his own experiences and those of his friends. When he put these motifs together, love became a cycle of perpetual development from infatuation and jealousy to breakdown and destruction. Where there is passion in Munch, there is also pain. Where there is desire, there is also loss. It is as though he is asking: How can we bring ourselves to continue with this? And at the same time, he shows us that we have no choice.”
Edvard Munch, Cupid and Psyche (1907) and Weeping Nude (1913 - 1914) at the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
My MCAT is slowly nearing and I am honestly a little scared. But, I want to do this exam and do well on it, so I will do the task scared. I am doing this for the sake of Allah and I pray that if this is right for me, that He will guide me towards the direction of becoming a physician. Otherwise, if it is not meant for me, then I pray that I am still able to take this exam and that Allah will help me recognize easily that there is another path for me.
All my life I have been too scared and not confident enough to pursue what I love. I will, however, give myself some credit for a few things—such as when I was able to apply to a study abroad that I desperately wanted to pursue, and that I was able to go with Allah’s provisions. Currently, I am going through a time where I am sitting in my own silence. Trying to find my purpose. I don’t want to waste away my life anymore being afraid.
I want to do something while pleasing Allah. This world is not mine, and I don’t want to ascribe any sort of accomplishment I have to this world. The only things of value are my good deeds.
Good morning. It wasn’t the best summer of my life but I wouldn’t complain either. Better times will come for me too, I trust that. For now continue learning. Good day.
Whoo finals are through! (And totally haven’t been for two weeks already) I have to retake my behavioural biology exam in I failed in a twist of fate I was not expecting, and will retake my statistics course as I failed that one as well sadly. But hey, we‘re looking forward, not back.
Currently visiting a friend for some time and working on getting back on my bujo practice :D
