Anxiety

Peer Pressure

I feel that this painting is about Munch's life. He is so different, yet he doesn't want to express it and he goes on that bridge that his anxiety scenes take place. He's trying to show us that the bridge of troublesome thoughts can come from peer pressure... Everyone's expressions are blank. But they don't care, they just keep on walking.

How fitting for this collection of people to be crossing a bridge in a group. Is the anxiety from not being able to move in any direction but forward? Or does it come from the knowledge that they must move forward to cross the bridge. Much like life. Nowhere for them to go but forward and not other choice but to press forward. For them they have but no choice to confront what waits for them at the end of the bridge. Death?