Van Der Leeuw: Nietzsche- Meservey

     When Nietzsche discusses art and the relationship with people, I get very interested. In his idea that life is inherently awful and that if confront it, then we will die. Art makes life bearable. This is true. We find art in everything that we do- whether it is a creative outlet such as music, or playing a sport, it is art. We each define what art is to us, and that art redeems our lives. We lose our individuality and become one with the art. Art is how we find happiness in our mundane and painful lives. It makes life not only bearable, but beautiful. 

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