88. Suitable Analogs

The best imagery for depression that I've found is actually in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, wherein he describes an abandoned well that his protagonist sits in for a length of time. Deep holes in the ground are recurring themes in Murakami's books, for whatever reason. Also cats.

For the uninitiated:

• Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses death by black hole
• Sarlacc pit
• Shaka, when the walls fell