karmapa/de kooning

as a young man, doug o. pedersen was a bartender at the wilhelm dekoonig estate outside of manhatten.  later, he founded the education department at the whitney new york in the early l960's.  decades after that, he served lunch to his holiness the karmapa in santa fe, new mexico.  doug o. pedersen was my principal mentor and teacher until he passed in 2007.  he is survived by his wife and companion, the colorado artist, kelsey hauck. lnteresting lineage.

in those days, a holiday was a  whole lid day...off a wide mouth mason jar.  personally, i am going on twenty years, clean and sober. gag.

the karmapa is second in command of tibertan buddhism, after the dalai lama, and an independent actor.