User:ArtHistorianEmeritus/sandbox

We never know the people from any era whose lives were fantastic, until a future generation sees the magnitude of their contribution, from their lens. A rather uncommon name, will certainly rise, as does cream, from the era in which I've lived. For I am one of the contributing biographers on Wikipedia, and my lifelong obsession has been for artist, Marc Breed.

I have yet to verify his real name, but I have been following this multiple-time adoptee, since his late twenties. Most young adults are just settling into careers at that time. David Green [as early 'sketchy' documents suggest] had just landed himself in prison for his participation in the Drexel, Burnham, Lambert; a massive round-up which netted Michael Milken. David's statement to the judge, given that he had financially gained so little compared to the other defendants, was; 'I was always in it, for the game.' No other defendant arrested that day, had in their possession an art portfolio. I was hooked.

In his teens, Marc (allow me the luxury of using his current preferred pseudonym), won a poster contest sponsored by the legendary Fillmore East, for the band Strawberry Alarm Clock. He created what we now think of as the iconic tie-dyed Peace Symbol. He was in and out of colleges, but that began at University of Illinois. Where he was secretary to the campus Mensa chapter. He was busy extra-circularly, as a dancer in Top Deck East [Lake Geneva, WI] where the birth of male exotic dance began. Taking out the first touring company, the U.S. Male,and delivering the first strip-o-gram (on the Michael Douglas Show. He was cameraman and editor to Gail Palmers’ [MSU as this was an all-Big Ten film crew] "The Erotic Adventures of Candy". Which today, still ranks as the second-highest grossing adult film of all time.

Prison changes people, as does war. And after adding an escape charge [Freedom of Information Act aside, I couldn't gain any additional details of how he'd done what everyone thought impossible], his twelve years missing from an exceptional start had done its' damage. A son and daughter by different marriages had become estranged. He simply fell-off the radar entirely.

The Internet in this the Digital Age has allowed for such tremendous reach in the media we receive. I had found a scan of a flyer from an artist created media source which chronicles its city, called SGS. The flyer was for an event, called: 'Cleveland Interracial Foxy-Boxing'. While I didn't recognize the name the work was attributed to, I knew I had once again found this artist. Who creates faux ads? To what end and for what purpose? I guess it is still simply for the Game. I truly wonder what he has been up to. We have been manipulated by him since he was a child.