Is it appropriate for the brother of a celebrity to get a spot on this blog? Maybe so, maybe no. But then maybe it’s moderately fitting that you’re also getting a guest blogger on this go around.
Patrick Farrow, apparently known in his own right as a sculptor, gallery owner and resident of Castleton, VT (pop. 4,000), was the brother of actress Mia Farrow. He died this week of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. There are a lot of people who are going to miss him. Those are some of the simple facts.
But the loss doesn’t end there, because there are things he’s going to miss out on too --
- The 2nd annual Greater Castleton Area Yard Sale (space still available!)
- Lewis Franco & the Missing Cats
- My favorite part of the day
- Seeing his sister under the direction of Luc Besson in the upcoming Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard
- 2010-2037
To wrap it up, I’m not one to judge this sort of thing. Suicide is the ultimate personal preference – Patrick called the shots right up til the end. That doesn’t mean we can’t take something away from this. And that lesson can be summed up by Patrick’s statement on his gallery’s website “one’s art is the sum total of one’s life,” and once you’re gone there ain’t no more art you’re making. So if there’s something any of us want to say, something important we want to do, we better do it today. Or if you’re super busy, by early next week at the latest.
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