Kiss on the Beach 1921

Here is the text: Edvard Munch made this painting, Kiss on the Beach, with oil on canvas using soft colours and blurry lines. Imagine him building up the painting's surface—layer upon layer of translucent glazes to evoke that ephemeral, hazy, dreamlike feeling. I really empathize with Munch; he's trying to capture something fleeting and ineffable, the way a kiss can feel like merging into one. Look at how the figures seem to blend into the landscape, the ocean mirroring the embrace. The paint is applied so thinly that the figures seem to disappear into the background, into the horizon. It reminds me of the work of other painters like Turner or Whistler, who were also exploring atmospheric effects and the dissolving of form. Painters are always in conversation with each other, even across generations, responding to and building upon what has come before. I think painting allows us to embrace ambiguity and uncertainty, inviting multiple interpretations rather than fixed meanings.