Simplify Me When I'm Dead

The full piece can be found here:

http://soundcloud.com/mirandadiboll/simplify-me-when-im-dead-1999

It was the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in October 1999 that inspired me to make this piece. To have your death mentioned in the media you have to either be famous or a victim of a tragedy considered newsworthy. The train driver who was killed in the disaster went from obscurity to having his face printed in the national press alongside quotes from his family, friends and colleagues. Some blamed his lack of driving experience for the accident while others saw him as innocent as the other victims of the crash, the passengers. His life had been simplified through the media. Running through the piece is the poem 'Simplify Me When I'm Dead' by WW2 poet Keith Douglas.