Thoughts on Robin Williams

I was blown away with the news of Robin Williams.  I knew of his struggle with depression and other issues, but only in a tabloid kind of way.

My thoughts?  He was like a sun going supernova:  with us through what seemed all our lives, brilliant and bright any time we looked at him, with an unfortunate darkness to follow his demise.

To quote The National, with their song ‘Slipped’:

I’m having trouble inside my skin
I try to keep my skeletons in
I’ll be a friend and a fuck-up
And everything

But I’ll never be
Anything you ever want me to be

The song reference is probably out of context, but it creates the same emotion about hearing about how even Robin Williams can ‘slip’.