The only way to deal with death is to transform everything that precedes it into art.
Form follows function - but sometimes function follows form.
"I'd never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go."
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.