Probably the most effective way to gain an online sense of Carly Henley in the present is to go to YouTube.com and either search there for "Carly Henley" or find her own personal YouTube channel.
There is enough video there on YouTube to let anyone gain a nice sense for Carly's progression from high school performer to polished singer-songwriter. A great place to start is here, with a video of Carly Henley playing her own song, The Skin You're In on stage in front of her high school. The way Carly was received by the other students brings joy and satisfaction even to those viewing the video years later.
One of many exceptional aspects of that video is Carly's casual attire. This is somebody who just never needed to go all-out to make a physical impression on anybody, but there was a certain amount of awe involved for those who were at times made well aware of Carly's vast appeal.
While that first video, performing her own song solo in front of the high school, had been my favorite up until recently, I've now discovered another one which far better illustrates Carly Henley's radiance. To set it up you should watch this video of a dark-haired Carly performing Droplets, by Colbie Caillat, with a trio of her classmates in the fall of her senior year of high school (Nov. 2007).
Then, all you can do is watch in awe as the same four students reunite at a local coffee shop more than 2 1/2 years later to perform the same song. You can't miss how completely immersed in the sentiment, and in the people around her Carly was not four months before she left this earth.
Clearly Carly Henley was more polished and seasoned but it is unmistakable how much sentiment she had for what it meant to be there surrounded by 3 specific performers and an audience which really mattered a whole lot to her. The trio on stage, and even those who were there live in that audience should feel so lucky to have such a lasting memory of a woman whose vibrance remains immeasurable.
Indeed it would be easy to get lost in her beauty were you not riveted to Carly's own obvious joy for just being there with that group of friends. Just watch her face as she focuses on the other performers in turn. I'm so happy that her family today gets to keep seeing such obvious joy in their girl's vibes. It's as if that group was "The Fab Four" for the duration of that video. (missing only performer "Shannyn's" boistrous fan club from the earlier school auditorium performance)
Carly's appreciation for the moment was even infectious in a few of the looks from platinum-haired "Shannyn" as the song played.
Upon her death, Carly's recent life in pictures was compiled at this video, which was played at her candlelight vigil at her university. While many people have tribute videos compiled posthumously, few such videos feature their own musical selections and voice in the background (on two of the three songs). It is so comforting to sense how much Carly Henley got to enjoy during her brief life. ("The sharp knife of a short life" indeed...)
Another of my favorite videos is this touching Veteran's Day assembly video, shot sideways, where a dark-haired Carly Henley displays some of the range of her voice and talent in the gym at her high school. This video comes complete with a human microphone stand and a backdrop of honored war veterans.
***Edit*** Just found another awesome taste of Carly Henley at her best. Although this video is short, it offers a warm sense of Carly in a stage-performance setting. (is that at the Hard Rock Cafe? or where???) I'm so grateful to those who continue to post their videos and pictures of Carly Henley as she is missed by many, and the better the online compilation, the more those who knew her can treasure the times they shared with her.
There are 27 videos in all at Carly's YouTube channel and they definitely warrant perusal on your own.
No doubt there are hundreds of Carly Henley photos around the world wide web and perhaps I will make a small attempt very soon at trying to highlight the un-highlight-able.
It was reported that not long after her death Carly Henley was then one of the top-searched names on Google, and beware that there are still many unsafe websites trying to capitalize on public interest in her online presence.
That's all for now!
Carly Henley was someone I'd never even heard of before she took her own life at the age of 20 while a talented, popular and attractive junior at university. She seemed the person nobody would ever guess for such a fate. The media doesn't generally cover suicide but Carly Henley could inspire so much caring and understanding and it has to start somewhere... I attempt to present this blog without hurting or offending Carly Henley's family or anyone else but suicide is a delicate subject.
I learned of the death of college student Carly Henley two days after her passing, on October 6, 2010. In the days soon to follow it became clear that scores and scores of people were wounded to the core by the loss. Wonderful evidence around the internet serves to almost suspend Carly Henley's personable allure, her impressive musical talent, and a short life the likes of which most anybody could envy.
Various reports tell of her short term struggle with depression of perhaps three months in duration. Significant in that was the introduction of anti-depressant drug Zoloft via prescription some two weeks before Carly took her own life.
Not lost on me now, finally, is the wording in the "Black Box Warning" with Zoloft, which states that antidepressants may increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in persons younger than 25. Risk is especially heightened during the first two months of taking anti-depressants.
The labels on anti-depressant drugs in the U.S. were altered to reference young adults aged 18 to 24 just three years earlier - in 2007.
It is my belief, now, that Carly just happened to land among the small percentage of anti-depressant users who are susceptible to being so affected by a powerful drug such as Zoloft.
One need not ever have known such a remarkable woman to feel the pain all around at the loss of Carly Henley.
So many life lessons are so well represented by Carly Henley's compelling spirit. Let me see if I can help some to gain fuller appreciation for a woman who continues to inspire everyone who ever knew of her.
Various reports tell of her short term struggle with depression of perhaps three months in duration. Significant in that was the introduction of anti-depressant drug Zoloft via prescription some two weeks before Carly took her own life.
Not lost on me now, finally, is the wording in the "Black Box Warning" with Zoloft, which states that antidepressants may increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in persons younger than 25. Risk is especially heightened during the first two months of taking anti-depressants.
The labels on anti-depressant drugs in the U.S. were altered to reference young adults aged 18 to 24 just three years earlier - in 2007.
It is my belief, now, that Carly just happened to land among the small percentage of anti-depressant users who are susceptible to being so affected by a powerful drug such as Zoloft.
One need not ever have known such a remarkable woman to feel the pain all around at the loss of Carly Henley.
So many life lessons are so well represented by Carly Henley's compelling spirit. Let me see if I can help some to gain fuller appreciation for a woman who continues to inspire everyone who ever knew of her.
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