He was blind. He was self-taught. And for nearly thirty years he stood on a sidewalk on 6th Avenue in Manhattan dressed like a Viking — cloak, horned helmet, spear — while the city hurried past and called him a curiosity.His name was Moondog. What almost no one rushing by understood was that the man on the corner was a serious composer, building orchestral works in his head and on paper, year after year, whether or not anyone stopped to listen.This week on The Mortals, I tell his story — and what a man who wrote symphonies on a street corner can teach the rest of us about mortality, dignity, and refusing to die with the music still inside you. Make the work while you're still here to make it. Don't wait for the room to understand you first.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎵 STREAM MY MUSIC — "Just Me, Just You"https://tr.ee/iO8ojm🛍 EVERYTHING I MAKE LIVES HEREhttps://stan.store/thenathanmorris🎙 THE MORTALS — full episodes & podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCH6mE8zfCHNclQOtVHb5Af0w_rPS-e_l📨 A WEEKLY EMAIL FROM ME — "Feel Anything"https://nathanmorrismusic.beehiiv.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📲 FOLLOWTikTok: @nathanmorrismusicInstagram: @nathanmorrisX: @nathanmorrismsc#Moondog #TheMortals #NathanMorris #FuneralDirector #SingerSongwriter #VikingOf6thAvenue #FuneralPop #JustMeJustYou #DeathPositive #Grief #Mortality #NewMusic2026