The "Dead Man's Cake" blogs, issue #6
The song Judy’s Mind , the 3 rd track on my album “ Dead Man’s Cake ”, asks the question, what was going through my mother’s mind the night she committed suicide? This is an eternal question asked by anybody whose loved one has committed suicide, and where the answer is not obvious: why did they do it? What drove them to those depths of despair? Couldn’t they have chosen some other course of action? The song speculates on such questions. Someday I may write a book about all this, but not right now. Meanwhile, in my Mom’s case, and out of respect for the privacy of myself and my family (because I’ve already revealed quite a lot in making this record and these blog posts, and I’m drawing a line), I’m not going to go into the details here. Rather, I’m writing this post to talk about the song specifically, and more generally about the problems addressed by the song. If you want to know more, may I suggest you buy the re...