Wim Bex

Hybris - the Curse of the Narcissist

For tuba and concert band

Hybris describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride or dangerous over-confidence. It often indicates a loss of contact with realiy and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments or capabilities.
The accusation of hybris often implies that suffering or punishment will follow, similar to the occasional pairing of hybris and nemesis in Greek mythology.
Part I in search of supply: describes the constant need of attention and the transformation to the real person, when all the masks fall of.
Part II The true self: describes the real person without the 'illness', it's core is still pure and unspoiled.
Part III The outbreak: describes the 'illness' in all its forms.