Where's your will to be weird?
Jim MorrisonRead
In the holy solipsism of the young Now I can't walk thru a city street w/out eying each single pedestrian. I feel thier vibe thru my skin, the hair on my neck --- it rises.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the intense observation and deep connection one has with the world in youth.
Jim Morrison articulates the heightened awareness and sensitivity to the environment that often accompanies youth. This state of 'holy solipsism' suggests a self-centered perspective combined with an almost spiritual connection to others, emphasizing how young individuals can feel the energy and emotions of those around them, making them acutely aware of their surroundings.
In practice
During a spoken word poetry event to invoke deep reflection on youth experiences.
Where's your will to be weird?
I can make the earth stop in its tracks. I made the blue cars go away. I can make myself invisible or small. I can become gigantic & reach the farthest things. I can change the course of nature. I can place myself anywhere in space or time. I can summon the dead. I can perceive events on other worlds, in my deepest inner mind, & in the minds of others. I can I am
Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.
I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.
It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.
There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.
God himself does not give answers. He gives himself.
Thus passing through the infinite varieties of space we reach the Divine space which is absolutely free from all dimensions and constitutes the meeting point of all infinities.
Each of us creates his or her own life largely by our attitude.
For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.
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