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This is the first of three books that depict the life of Daniel, a seventeen-year-old artist, discovering himself and his talents, and his journey to self-actualization. The reader views the artist's inner turmoil through his struggling poetry and scattered paintings, his friend's remembrances, and his dreams.

Click Flying to view the poem that inspired this book title.

The second of the three books mentioned above.

Click Needle Beneath The Conifer to view the poem that inspired this book title.

The third of the three books mentioned above.

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This book is a tome of the three books mentioned above. It contains 140 color reproductions of Morgan's art.

Morgan's painting Condemned to a Life of Painting Pretty Pictures inspired the title of this book:
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In this book, Morgan's talents in writing both prose and poetry are combined with his paintings to weave the story of seventeen-year-old artist Daniel discovering himself and his talents. Daniel's journey to self-actualization is written in three distinct books in which the reader views the artist's inner turmoil through his struggling poetry and scattered paintings, his friend's remembrances, and his dreams.

This unique melding of different, often disparate art forms, chronicles the growth of a Self of the Me decade into the quantum energy that life is, that life gives to the anxious, listening soul that all artists attempt to depict.

Contains 14 color reproductions of Morgan's art pieces that accompany the poems by the same name

Click Trees of Other Colors to view the poem that inspired this book title.

A modern tale of family, fantasy, and brotherly love set in the year 1990, against the backdrop of the various religions in Brazil, the deforestation of the Brazilian rain forest, and the infusion of man into an unknown but hauntingly beautiful wilderness.

It is the story of an American Indian doctor who is dying of AIDS and his relentless struggle and search for evidence of the existence of a younger cousin thought to be lost in a plane crash in 1978 in the jungles northwest of Manuas, Brazil, when the younger cousin was only twelve.

The doctor, Robert, is driven to give a final closure to an open wound in his family by finding what really happened to his younger cousin, Solomon, as well as his aunt and uncle. The through line of the doctor's search and discovery incorporates the melding of North and South American lore, the survival and evolution of cultures, and the acceptance of nature as a deity, the ultimate guide, of a previously undiscovered South American Indian tribe.

The story unapologetically presents homosexuality as a fact of nature in all cultures, a fact that is viewed, dealt with, incorporated and valued differently by the various cultural bigotry's of the protagonists depending on the influence of organized religion exerted in their lives. The language is
lyrical and often poetic in description, using dream sequences to alter the reader's conception of reality, while the through
line remains fast-paced, confronting the dangers and incongruities of the jungle along the uncharted waterways
of northwest Brazil.

This autobiographical book, set against the backdrop of his partner's decline and death from AIDS, relates the review the author experienced of his life when confronted with this tragedy. It is told in anecdotes, stories, and insights with his poems (18) and paintings (104) while relating how he found himself in a life of art, found his poetic and artistic voice, as well as his discovery of his sexual identity as a citizen of the twentieth century.

Future Present is an honest and brutal review of the components of Morgan's paintings, poems, career, and insecurities and deeds.

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This book is a composite transcription of Morgan's Aunt Aura Wood Johnson Neely's diaries which began in 1923 until her last year in 1994, woven with all the saved letters she received from Morgan, as well as memories Morgan has of her.

Aura was an important person in the history of nursing in the state of Oregon, as she was in charge of licensing and accreditation of nursing homes, daycare centers and hospitals for the State of Oregon from the 1940's until her retirement in 1973. She was also responsible for the implementation of Medicare within the State.

Aura was born in 1904, and wrote nearly every day starting with her acceptance into nursing school in 1923. This book gives the reader a view of the inventions, disasters and events of the 20th century from the personal view of a working woman who was married only five short years before her husband's premature death. She had no children of her own, yet helped raise and influence her brother's and her husband's sons, as well as her nephew Morgan.