Portrait of a США citizen and Artist/Religious Leaders as one of many Young Men
I was born in 1930. Studied at Long Beach College and UCLA from 1948-1952. In 1952 he received his B.A. from UCLA and in 1956 he received his M.A. “I lived in a little ten foot square apartment which was above the merry go round on the Santa Monica pier. As early as 1961 he had first conceived of his famous “Meat Shows.” …the first artist to stage a meat performance, rented “tons of meat and gallons of blood” and a refrigerated locker for a blood-spattered happening. And one than left an indelible mark on the audience from the media and city officials, as a ritual. One of the first Mom and Pop religions-The Church of the Exquisite Panic, Inc. Sex and murder are lessons expositing the politics of politeness,… the fascism of good taste.” The Funkupagan Manifesto tells us  We must create new rituals and new mythologies to accommodate new found capabilities.