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freedomgirl, on 25 May 2013 - 02:22 PM, said:

i think any 'artist' is happy when other established artists appreciate what you are doing. it's sometimes lonely...you're doing your own thing and it's your expression, but someone criticizes you and then you begin to doubt yourself. well, at least, that's my experience.

to be free is a difficult thing, especially when society tells you you should be one way or the other. you have to be able to fit into abercrombie & fitch clothes to be in the 'acceptable' crowd. if you are an artist, and you march to the beat of another drummer, you're strange. when you're young it's hard to get past what others think.

when i went to high school there was a group of people who were called 'hippies'. this was well past the 60s, but these kids dressed how they wanted to, and didn't care about what the supposed 'cool' kids thought. they were busy reading poetry and playing guitars. they were all in the art department, too. never once did these 'hippies' ever say anything to me about my levis and cowboy boots. they didn't care. i remember shuffling down the hall one day and one of the mainstream kids said something about me and my boots. i felt horrible. i wish i knew then that it's better to be an individual.

hi freedomgirl!
what i meant about freedom was that it seems to me that jim didn't care what other people thought about his art. he just did what he did. did you ever hear the expression "dance like no one was watching?" i think jim did that. and, i get the feeling that in his art, he was the same -- his drawing and his poetry.

i saw a poem once and here's what it said:

you've left your smiling
i hope its a dream
please wake up
i know what you mean

i read it a million times. it's free. does it make sense? i don't think so, but it makes me wonder and think. this is what i mean by him being free. even in his poetry he dances like no one is watching.

*~adrienne~*, on 24 May 2013 - 04:47 AM, said:

this is the irony of this board, adrienne. everyone is always looking for "proof" well, here's proof in black and white and maybe some people are just too lazy to sit and read a book. it's amazing what you can find out!

who knows what the dynamics of these 4 guys was or is. the fact is they made some amazing music together and it would really be a shame to hear break on through (or any song) used in a commercial.

as i learned, art isn't always about the money.

queenhwy, on 23 May 2013 - 09:51 PM, said:

hi queenhwy! i am good!

i haven't seen this, and you can be sure that once i found out where the smithsonian channel is i scheduled it for tivo to record it!

thank you so much for the recommendation! i'm looking forward to seeing it!

yes! i agree with queenhwy, this is a great topic.

i was watching the pbs critique one cold rainy saturday. i was feeling sorry for myself because i have a degree in art and my career took a turn to a completely non creative position. it was difficult for me not to be in my chosen profession.

jim was being interviewed and i remember thinking that his demeanor seemed so quiet. all of a sudden he starts talking about how if your art goes out of favor, you have to do it for yourself. it was as if he were talking directly to me -- figuratively, of course.

we had just built a house and there was an extra room. i decided to create an art studio. and i got back into art. and doing art for me. and not for a pay check. i work because i have to. i do my art because i want to. and, i owe this to jim morrison. i admire his artistic freedom, in his writing, in his drawing and in his performing.

i bought a magazine proof print of him on ebay. and, it hangs above my desk. my windows face west. i think it's appropriate.

and, that's how jim inspired me.

i don't get such great light during the day, but at night there are some awesome sunsets.