The self destruct button

Amy Whinehouse’s death is really sad because it’s not a surprise – the lost of a great talent, a troubled soul - but we’ve watched this slow motion car crash for the last 5 years

Of course, the social networks are buzzing with mixed opinions – people point out that it’s her own fault, she had plenty of chances to sort herself out, she had the money to do it and people around her tried to help

They also point out the events in Norway, and how Amy doesn’t deserve the same sympathy or attention as the victims and families of the shooting there, probably a fair argument, but why argue anyway? people are dead – there are no winners or losers

Filling the Void

It doesn’t matter if you have everything, money, success, fame or nothing at all, some people just seem to be made to self destruct, whatever you have doesn’t fill the empty void inside of you, and the more you get the more you realise how big that void really is.

If you’re a super creative person I'd imagine that the moment of creating something (music, writing, painting etc) is the closest you come to filling the void, the fulfilment you need to make sense of your world

But what happens next? What happens when you stop creating, or if you get board of what you’ve created, or because you’re drunk and on drugs all the time you don’t know which way is up anymore? What happens when you have the void but don’t have a creative outlet?

Weeks ago she was booed in Serbia – how does it feel when you lose the ability to do that one thing that is truly yours – the thing that no one else can do and defines who you are?  All because you can’t control your demons

They haven’t announced it yet, but I think we all know it will be suicide (or OD, which is the same thing), and again it won’t be a surprise, just the natural conclusion

I for one am sorry that Amy’s dead, I’m sorry for her troubled soul and hope she’s found peace

- bod