RE: How To Step Off Into a Black Hole (Or NOT): Strauss's "Der Einsame," with Extra Warning Light Provided By My Favorite Musician

Hello. Thanks so much for the warm introduction. I appreciate our collaborations. You know, there are many, and I've know several personally who never took responsibility for their part in a romantic relationship. So true when you say:

" The character in Strauss's song is a gentler soul, weeping, but since this man puts it all on the woman and sees no path to agency for himself and thus finding healing and growth, despair is inevitable."

If one can't acknowledge his/her own faults, that person will never heal because the victim mentality tags along into the next relationship that is waiting to be doomed from the beginning. All one can see is despair then if healing is not sought and remedied.

Such a beautiful analysis and application of the song to the feeling of possibly succumbing to a black hole of despair.

Thanks for sharing.

Take care and have a good rest of your week.

!ALIVE
!LADY