Artistic Rape

There are times when I read about an artist or performer's life and I see snippets of myself in their past. It's weird. A part of me wishes I was as talented as they.

Salvador Dali
Charles Busch
Andy Coffman
Benny Hill
Dame Edna

I'm currently reading an article on David Foster Wallace, the talented writer who hung himself. It's very unfortunate since according to his peers he was very talented. As I'm reading this article in Rolling Stone Magazine I can identify with so many of Wallace's characteristics...and it scares me a bit.

How I wish talented people didn't end their life prematurely. I feel like it's a form of artistic rape...and this world doesn't need any more art taken away from it.