Frank Morrison Born in Massachusetts then brought by his family to live in New Jersey at an early age, Frank Morrison was reared and spent his formative years there, an affable, precocious and inquisitive youngster whose curiosity about everything around him seemed limitless. Then, as an energetic pre-teen, he was interested and enthused by the youthful fads, interests and activities which marked his world: the neighborhood D.J's with their followers and fans at neighborhood parties, the colorful tags of local characters which were splashed across fences, parks and buildings, and the loose-jointed "B" boys and break-dancers who enlivened week-end party scenes. In this setting his world was suddenly rife with possibilities and he became convinced that he, too, could DO this! In no time, invested with a brilliant flow of creativity, his eye for and execution of colorful tags and R.I.P scenes began to bring him considerable street recognition and local acclaim. But what soon pleased him more was his mounting reputation as a "B" boy--break-dancing, popping and locking with such skill and control that he became a regular on the dance crew of R & B star Sybil. After a couple of years traveling with her, he joined the touring crew of The Sugar Hill Gang, appeared on "Show Time At The Apollo", performed on the video "Rap Mania", and with the dance company of the movie, "New Jack City". In fact, it was while dancing and touring the nation and European continent that he chanced to visit The Louvre Museum in Paris that he "met his Muse". As he walked the halls there, he was consumed by what he saw. Looking at the work of the Masters in The Louvre, he was reminded of what he had unconsciously reached for in his sprawling graffiti pieces; he recognized realms of color, style, passionate expression and possibilities that he had never before imagined. Upon returning to New York, Morrison became a regular at local museums and galleries--knowing that he had to return to his art. With a renewed vision and an informed eye, the still teen-aged Morrison followed his heart, began the development of an expressive style of his own, crafted his first portfolio, and set out to market his paintings. One need take only a cursory view/examination of his portfolio or his work en gallery to find that his power and inspiration are products of his deeply religious grounding and his loving commitment to his family. His innate musicality, natural rhythmic bent and intrinsic understanding of physical/spiritual/emotional expression both invade and explode from his paintings. Notable collections of Morrison s art are owned by former New York City School Chancellor Rudy Crew, New Orleans Senator Gregory Tarver, renown actor/philanthropist Bill Cosby who prides himself on nurturing the talents of emerging African American artists, and Dr. Lorraine Hale among others. His work has enhanced the settings of televisions shows "Malcolm and Eddie", "New York Undercover", "Cosby" and has been a featured artist on the Home Shopping Network. Morrison has received commissions from the irrepressible radio/TV commentator Tom Joyner, the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, and executed serially mounted musical scenes for the compact discs "Impulsively Ellington: A Tribute to Duke Ellington. and Down-to-the-Bone s "Crazy Vibes and Things". His artwork has been displayed in prestigious locales shows such as "The National Black Fine Arts Show" produced by Jocelyn Wainwright, at the Savacou Gallery in Manhattan, and was honored and given a one-man show at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture sponsored by ESSENCE ART and Toyota. He earnestly declares that he is rendered speechless with pride when he finds his work displayed adjacent to and in conjunction with Romare Bearden originals. His initiatives include publication of two illustrated children s books "Zazzy Miz Mozetta" and "Harlem Morning". Which will be readied for publication in fall 2004. Morrison s work is inspired, not only by his rich and varied life experiences but, by his love and gratitude for his family--his wife Connie, three sons and a daughter and the omnipresent Hand of God. Each of his paintings bears his signature, of course, accompanied by the notation "TTG" representing and reminding all of his "Thanks To God" for the blessings of his gifts--his family and his talents.
On Saturday, 10th June, in the 23rd Genoa International Poetry Festival Jim Morrison and his poetry will be the protagonists of a special tribute by Frank Lisciandro, American photographer, film maker, writer and musical journalist and one of the closest Jim Morrison's friends. Lisciandro will read some texts, known and rare, among the poems that the "Lizard King" wrote during the years of The Doors. We asked him to tell us something about the relationship between Morrison and poetry. Jim Morrison, poet by Frank Lisciandro In an interview Jim Morrison said: “Nothing can survive a holocaust, but poetry and songs. No one can remember an entire novel. No one can describe a film, a piece of sculpture, a painting. But so long as there are human beings, songs and poetry can continue.” He was a rock singer, performer, and song writer. He was one of the brightest stars of 1960’s pop music scene, but the poetry he wrote was separate and distinct, for the most part, from the rock songs he crafted. He filled notebooks and journals with carefully crafted poems that owe their creative inspiration not to Chuck Berry or Little Richard, but to Arthur Rimbaud and Hart Crane. He was born in Florida in 1943, the son of a career Naval officer and grew up all over the country: Arizona, Virginia, California, Washington, DC, Florida, and New Mexico. He attended UCLA where he earned a degree in cinema in 1965. During the years of his rock career he continued a steady pursuit of his poetic craft, submitting poems for publication to a number of underground newspapers, and music and teen magazines. They were not the usual venues for poetry, but Morrison used whatever opportunity was at hand. He wrote and had printed a 73 line poem, “Ode to LA while thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased”, and asked ushers and ticket takers to hand out the poem to members of the audience of a Doors concert in L. A. In 1968 he self-published two separate collections of his work. The Lords: Notes on Vision is comprised of poems and observations about visual perception, cinema, alchemy and theater; while The New Creatures is a book of poems. He printed 100 copies of each and gifted them to friends, fans, and journalists. In 1970 Simon & Schuster combined the two books and published them under the title The Lords and The New Creatures. The book has been continually in print since publication. Morrison once said: “If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.” The poems in Morrison's notebooks show the attention to detail, and the unswerving critical sensibility that he brought to the practice of his craft. In his notebooks there are multiple, distinct drafts of many of his works. Each draft condensing the language, sharpening the rhythm, and pushing the poem a little closer to sinewy elegance. Many of his poems suggest a voyage to the subconscious and beyond to enlightenment or oblivion; a journey that would involve terrible self-knowledge and mythic terrors. Often the poems suggest the surrealism of a vision, or a drug trip, or a bout of insanity. In his best work he was able to weave a strong theme through multiple surreal images. The theme unifying the disparate parts of the vision and imparting an immutable integrity. A strong characteristic of the poetry is an affirmation of sensuality; the poems are chock full of the sensory experience of things: trees, earth, flesh, water, booze. He wanted sounds, words, phrases and rhymes that would impart an immediate physical response and evoke a sympathetic sensory experience in the reader. He was sculpting the real physical world with words that did not always or necessarily stand for what they conventionally meant. Jim Morrison was an American poet, part of the legacy of surreal and visionary American poets that begins with Edgar Allen Poe. The line continues through the transcendental & prophetic poets of the 19th century: Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. In the early 20th century Hart Crane reimagined ancient myths, and in the 50’s the beat poets expand on the form. The words that Waldo Frank used to describe Hart Crane could easily apply to Jim Morrison , “...a man who through the immediate conduit of his senses experienced the organic unity between his self, the objective world, and the cosmos...”. A good poem is usually an act of discovery, an insight clothed in memorable imagery and language. Judging from the poems contained in Morrison’s notebooks, as well as from the books of poems he published in 1970, judging from the positive reception received by Wilderness and The American Night, collections of his poetry published posthumously, Jim Morrison must be considered one of the finest American poets of his generation. Morrison’s poems have been translated into many languages and he is widely read and admired, yet his poetry is rarely studied in American classrooms. Radio stations will continue to play his songs into the next century. “Rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay”; it has commercial value. But what will happen to Jim Morrison’s poetry? Will it be ignored and then forgotten? A newly completed 500 page collection of his writings, planned for publication in 2018, may answer those questions.
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Op. Dr. Erkan YILDIRIM was born on October 10, 1981, in Turkey, graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2007. He worked in many centers in Turkey and abroad. In 2021, he left his job at Üsküdar state hospital and opened Erkan Yıldırım Brain and Spine Clinic. Dr. Erkan YILDIRIM has an Instagram account (@opdrerkanyildirim) with over 107K followers.
Frank Morrison is the illustrator of over 20 children’s books, including the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winners Standing in the Need of Prayer and R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner Jazzy Miz Mozetta, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor books, Little Melba and her Big Trombone and Let the Children March. Frank was a Society of Illustrators' Original Art Silver Medal Honoree two years in a row, for The Roots of Rap and R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
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