An artists search for beauty, art and identity. It is the 1960s, the hip are experimenting. What is real, what is cinema? Michaels 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 Michaels imagination inspiration. A 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 selfportrait of an artist as a young man. Michael Lawrences art, described by Roy Lichtenstein as "vibrant, joyous and colourful" is wellknown amongst collectors. His fine, poetic words and funny stories are destined to become equally so in this coming of age tale like no other. "My road is long. Jims 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 Jims fan and friend, who deeply cherishes these memories I am sharing with you. Jims sweetness and mischievous promptings...his gracefulness, his poetic avant garde nature, his writings." Michael... | Michael Lawrence Tripping With Jim Morrison & Other Friends: With an introduction