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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Where did he get the muse for such brilliant turns of phrase?
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All you've done is try to choose the most neanderthal of Jim's sentiments to ridiculously attempt to prove an equally ridiculous assertion.
Anyone that knows Morrison's poetry is aware that Jim embraced his creatureliness as well as higher mental functions.
He was the son of an admiral. He, through his own initiative, mind you, & not because anyone instructed him to do so (in fact he was instructed to do just the opposite), had read a significant portion of the world's great literature by the time he was sixteen. He left home (& a virtually guaranteed life of privilege) out of high school & started hitchhiking. He was always a seeker & a sufferer, which are the necessary catalysts to gain access to the unconscious & create enduring art.