Jim Morrison never ceases to blow my mind. He smoothly and delicately puts to words my innermost thoughts. Talk about idols.

“The program for this evening is not new.
You have seen This entertainment through & through.
You’ve seen your birth, your life & death;
you might recall all of the rest –
did you have a good world when you died? –
enough to base a movie on?

A Military Station In The Desert - An American Prayer - Jim Morisson

Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born.
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

William Blake - Auguries of Innocence

This poem is a new favorite of mine. I remember reading it ages ago, but only went through it thoroughly after watching Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man. The movie quotes a lot from Blake’s work, and those lines sounded familiar. I dug a little deeper, and realized that they are in Jim Morrison’s End of the Night.

Also, a main character in Dead Man is an indian called nobody. Weirdly enough, an indian practically haunted Morrison throughout his entire career.

I love making these connections.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

-Henry Burgson