I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
The heroes of my childhood were Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy... but I was inspired by the ideals of our 40th president and became a Republican.
I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.
Of course, in the art class, I was the model.
It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution.
I was never a skilled artist or anything like that - never a rebel.
I was very active in the peace movement, still am.
I graduated. I did History of Art, you know, all those things - American Studies - and then I went to art school, and I did Joseph Alvarez in the art school.
I was involved in the anti-war movement.