Amy Winehouse.RIP

"Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion." Mark Twain

In some cases the same could be said of over-stimulation by drugs & alcohol. However with or without the booze & drugs the artistic temperment has its own imperative. It's foolish to confuse the creator with his/her creation or to boycott same for a defect of character. RIP AW.

These interdependencies extend from artists into other human endeavors and deserve a more nuanced perspective than most are willing to consider. A recent study of Freud and the pioneering surgeon William Halsted gets to the point.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/books/review/an-anatomy-of-addiction-by-howard-markel-book-review.html?_r=1&ref=books

Best to reserve judgment to oneself.

Agree with Blkadr on every point. The expression of so much animus toward this artist says more about the scourging effect of tabloid media than anything else. Moveover extreme animus often suggests that something really original and interesting (and controversial) is actually going on, as is amply demonstrated by

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTPRJqt2z4

You have to be a deaf and blind monkey fart not to appreciate the mature creative synthesis of pop, jazz and musical history at work.

To paraphrase Amy,

They say 'Agon the Glory Hole,
No! No! No!