Death of a Model

The sudden death of Irish model Katy French has provoked a little media flurry. I think there is something almost archetypal about this sort of minor celebrity death. These people literally do flare up like the floating cinders from a bonfire, shining independently before being extinguished, leaving no trace behind.

Death like this often inspires me to write a song, which I have already begun. I thought I might write the lyrics in Gaelic (using babelfish, for among my talents, I am not a Gaelic speaker) or perhaps even French, ironically using her surname.