Re: OOPS, I did it again!

On Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:40:36 GMT
dsi1 <[email protected]> wrote:

> chefly <[email protected]> posted:
> 
> > 
> > In 1984, at age 49, Richard Brautigan had moved to Bolinas,
> > California, where he was living alone in a large, old house that he
> > had bought with his earnings years earlier. He died of a
> > self-inflicted .44 Magnum gunshot wound to the head. His decomposed
> > body was found by David Fechheimer, a friend and private
> > investigator, on October 25, 1984. The body was found on the living
> > room floor, in front of a large window that, though shrouded by
> > trees, looked out over the Pacific Ocean. Due to the decomposition
> > of the body it is speculated that Brautigan had ended his life over
> > a month earlier, on September 16, 1984, days after talking to
> > friend Marcia Clay on the telephone (neighbors heard a loud noise
> > that Sunday while watching an NFL game). Brautigan was survived by
> > his parents, both ex-wives, and his daughter Ianthe.
> > 
> > According to Michael Caines, writing in The Times Literary
> > Supplement, the story that Brautigan left a suicide note that
> > simply read: "Messy, isn't it?" is apocryphal. Ianthe Brautigan has
> > confirmed that her father did not leave such a message.
> >   
> 
> What's the deal with writers that kill themselves, eh?
> 
> pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dunces-tgar/dunces-tgar/

Van Goh syndrome - Hemingway rifle club - Kerouac nightclub.

They see past or around the shared reality we are bound by and to and
in time it depresses them to extinguishment.