I didn't know Marc-André Gougeon-Lalonde personally, but his story touched me deeply.

While on Tour of "Le Labo", a centre where youths 16-30 with social, psychological or
substance dependencies in Gatineau/Hull can be creative without any prejudices,
a very special story was told of a boy whom the volunteers at the centre loved dearly.

Marc-André Gougeon-Lalonde

He suffered from Schizophrenia.

One day, Marc-André didn't show up at the centre where he enjoyed working with
mixed-media art supplies. The volunteers later found out of his suicide (August 2010).
The centre reached-out to the family and told them of the "Marc-André" they knew...

(edited according to family members information)

The volunteers invited the family to come visit the centre and see some of
Marc-André's "Masterpieces". When the family visited.. You can imagine it was emotional.

The photo above is a photo of Marc-André and a ceramic mural he was working on.
It stands about 6 feet tall. Some of the pieces were accidentally knocked-off during
the construction to add the loft you can see above the artwork.

Unfortunately, life became too difficult for Marc-André and this piece will forever remain...
...a broken reminder.