Have a Good One Jim

I know, I know, it’s a bit lame to blog about the death AND the birth of the same person in the same year (click here for my more personal opinion written last summer), but if there’s one person I feel completely comfortable doing that with, it’s without any doubt my personal hero Jim Morrison.

68 years ago (damn, that’s starting to become long), on December 8, 1943, James Douglas Morrison was born in Melbourne, Florida. With his brilliant intellect and vast interest in the arts, film, literature and music; he became an icon in the late sixties with the deep and emotion driven music The Doors brought back then. Damn, if there’s one band I simply never get sick off and can listen to all day long without feeling bored for a minute, it’s these guys.

I guess God wasn’t paying very much attention that particular day of his birth, because not that Jim is to be considered as the Antichrist, but his life morals were simply higher than the Christian faith ever could become. Yes, I do dare to challenge that. While the bible is trying to restrict and limit human behavior, Jim thought the world about the post-modern libertine way of living your life and trying to push the boundaries, physical but also emotional and intellectual. Jim’s life is the ultimate proof you can do a lot more than what they once told you, you could do; while probably his early death is the proof there are consequences of course. For you to choose, as long as you understand deeply you have that choice.

I think I have to thank Jim for that life lesson. Although he would probably hate being referenced on a blog that also deals around advertising and commercial value.

If you consider yourself a fan, I highly recommend you to read ‘Jim Morrison – Life, Death, Legend’ by Stephen Davis. A brilliant and precise biography about a man the world has seen too few of. Then again, it’s exactly that what makes him so unique and worth listening too.