{"product_id":"tripping-with-jim-morrison-and-other-friends-with-an-introduction-by-timothy-leary-paperback","title":"Tripping With Jim Morrison And Other Friends: With an introduction by Timothy Leary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTimothy Leary\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn artist's search for beauty, art and identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is the 1960s, the hip are experimenting. What is real, what is cinema? Michael's friend Jim Morrison shares his poems as Michael shares his painting and sculpture. He makes portraits, writes about his Felliniesque childhood in Rome meeting Errol Flynn and Laurence Olivier. He discovers antiquity, Charles Chaplin and the beauty of art and style. He wants to be famous like his friend Jim  Private encounters with John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, Paul Bowles, Jacques Lipchitz and others offer Michael's imagination inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA mysterious older woman takes Michael travelling, teaching him secrets in exotic locales. Listening to the Beatles, they drift East to a peaceful Afghanistan. It is all a wonderland. A time of flow. Collecting the poetry of the moment. A unique self-portrait of an artist as a young man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Lawrence's art, described by Roy Lichtenstein as \"vibrant, joyous and colourful\" is well-known amongst collectors. His fine, poetic words and funny stories are destined to become equally so in this coming of age tale like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"My road is long. Jim's was cut far too short. These are some of our salad days, when we sat in the front seat of unfolding realities, our Venice LA and beyond. I too am Jim's fan and friend, who deeply cherishes these memories I am sharing with you. Jim's sweetness and mischievous promptings...his gracefulness, his poetic avant garde nature, his writings.\" Michael Lawrence, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This book is a genuine trip, a joyous, inspiring tour of the '60s.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Daniel Klein, author of Travels With Epicurus \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"You have poems inside your head and you have learned to explode them with firecracker tubes of paint\"\u003c\/em\u003e Ray Bradbury \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"The guys from your UCLA days sent me your way, claiming your memories and stories of Jim are among the most important\"\u003c\/em\u003e Jerry Hopkins (Co-author of the Jim Morrison biography \u003cem\u003eNo One Here Gets Out Alive\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"I won't try to compete with you in the word department except to say how much I enjoy reading yours.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Roy Lichtenstein \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Here is a wealth of impressions  People, places and events, famous and personal, sit side by side in curious metaphors that softly draw the reader into meditation.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Timothy Leary \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48816687612152,"sku":"9780993307034","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/31iBxFLin69780993307034.webp?v=1780577429","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/tripping-with-jim-morrison-and-other-friends-with-an-introduction-by-timothy-leary-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}