Why do we weep?

Why do we weep?

 

Strindberg's "The Town"
“The Town,” by August Strindberg (1903); Wikimedia Commons
Acclaimed by many (including his fellow authors) as one of the very greatest of modern playwrights, Strindberg was also a more than competent painter.

 

“And why does man weep when he is sad? I asked at last—Because the glass in the eyes must be washed now and then, so that we can see clearly, said the child.”

August Strindberg (1849-1912)

 

Posted from Göteborg, Sweden

 

 


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