I too have had my years of "seeking oblivion." Sometimes oblivion seems like the only answer. But it isn't, it's not an answer at all. Just a smothering of the questions. A life-killer.
I am partial to art and artists and creatives of all kinds who incorporate darkness into their vision. Our existence is framed by light and darkness. In fact, all of my favorite artists are grappling with death and how it shapes our lives.
Love and Death are the key themes of a well-lived life... but some of us ride that Train of Death with total abandon, thinking we are somehow indestructible, or maybe just not caring one way or another. Some of us grab for the most convenient cheap-thrill, poisons, and then it turns out the poison over-rules everything else.
And inevitably Death comes... sometimes maybe a little too soon...
