CHAPTER 6: LONELY ONE
Friedrich Nietzsche’s words help Peter name and begin to move through feelings of guilt and blame over the dissolution of his marriage.
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“Thus Spoke Zarathustra” by Friedrich Nietzsche
Peter Bruun
2019, 15”x22”, watercolor, gouache, ink & pencil on paper
At the water’s edge, pine trees yield to pebble and stone: my oceanside place.
In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche’s words seem to speak of me.
“Lonely one you are going the way to yourself, and your way leads past you and your seven devils.”
I am my devil – I have left my wife. I am an abandoner – the betrayer.
“But the worst enemy you can encounter will always be you, yourself. You lie in wait for yourself in caves and woods.”
Cramped on my rocky shoreline spot, I spin and burn. (It’s what I draw.)