Hrmmm...

So... Max Ernst's brain must be a pretty exciting place, right? Even though I think all of the separate sections of the work are just as equally important, something about the "Monday" section really stood out to me as being particularly compelling. The water element as the driving theme behind the visual was really cool, and I couldn't help but notice the stark contrast in theme from the "Sunday" section. (Maybe because women are the dominant forces behind the separate pieces in "Monday," whereas in "Sunday" they are obviously much more repressed by the men.) For some reason I really love page 42 where it seems like the woman has obviously died by the river after the bridge has crumbled behind her. I still can't seem to put together what it might mean, but it's all about the reaction anyway, right? The water element of this section is beautiful, and another piece that caught my eye the most was page 51. The juxtaposition of the drowning men in the foreground with the woman looking relaxed (and perhaps expectantly so, given the contemplative look of the one man standing on the water) is both moving and slightly disturbing at the same time, but of course I can't say that's a bad thing! As weird and unsettling as this work is sometimes, I love the surrealism.