Category: The Self as a Work of Art

• The nihilism of serenity or how to learn to stop worrying and love fate

  The alcoholic who has hit rock bottom prays to a higher power, “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.” We feel powerless before an indifferent and hostile universe that doles out suffering and disappointment no matter what choices we make. No one asks for serenity in the face of good and…

  Justin R Marquis

  November 29, 2020

  The Self as a Work of Art

  alcoholics anonymous, amor fati, eternal return, life affirmation, love of fate, Nietzsche, nihilism, serenity prayer

• Depression and the Urge for the Road

  To call Bitola (Битола), the second largest town in North Macedonia, a backwater is almost an understatement. An entire nation-state’s second largest town is hardly ever a backwater. Los Angeles is the United States’ second largest city. St. Petersburg is Russia’s. Montreal for Canada. Rio de Janeiro is Brazil’s. But Bitola only has 60,000 people,…

  Justin R Marquis

  June 21, 2019

  The Self as a Work of Art

  Depression, Existential Angst, Exploration, Mental Health