Spalding Gray..

I was fascinated by Spalding Gray’s performance in Swimming to Cambodia. I was impressed with his acting, fast paced narrative, and stories all together. He was able to express many emotions of his different stories all the same time. I could relate to his stories regarding American politics, the Cold war, and Cambodia, as authentic and true.  I found out that later in life, he suffered from a car accident that left him paralyzed in his right leg and a fracture in his skull. Along with his bipolar sickness, and depressions, this scarred him fiercely. He committed suicide in 2004, perhaps his neurologist said, a last attempt at ending his story. This saddened me because I believe his creativity and stories were a gift and his life would of contributed more to the world than his death.