Tip-Off #117 - Grief... and a measured joy

"No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear." - C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed.

Melancholy - Edvard Munch (1892) - oil, canvas 64 x 96 cm. National Gallery, Oslo, Norway. Inspired by Åsgårdstrand, the coastal town where Munch often sought solace and experienced significant personal loss. For over 100 years, well-known painters have made Åsgårdstrand famous as an artist enclave. Public domain.

Several years ago, I found a poignant an…