JAMES C. TAYLOR
James writes: I've been writing most of my life. Major influences have been Hemingway, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Johnny Mercer, Camus, Lawrence Durrell. Lyn Yutang, ("The Importance of Living"), Krishnamurti, ("Freedom from the Known"), and Allan Watts, ("The Wisdom of Insecurity"), Herman Hess, Jimmy Rose from Albany, GA through sharing his gift, love of music, and his inspired work as a Producer; Shelton Rose for his musical and rhythmic talent, and his creative sense of humor; Geo Holmes for his excitement about my writing way back when; Ron Matthews for integrating some of my writing into his musical journey. Bob Kirkland a life time friend and writing buddy; the late Jim Land Jones former teacher at Armstrong Atlantic University, through his love of literature, willingness to share that love through teaching, and affirming the writer in me was an encouraging, significant mentor. I'm grateful for others I haven't mentioned here.
I had stacks of notebooks, and papers filled with lyrics, and poetry. Somehow, I wrote my way through life and the joy in that now is I remember friends, and companions, places and events in a poem, or lyric in an intimate way that grows in love with time. Those of you in their teens, and twenties are living through the passages I went through in the universal, human experience of life. Also, folks in their 30's, 40's and 50's will find points of view in common on the journey, in my case one man's journey.
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