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Note:   This took a long time to come out

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when does a division become a divide ?

Did you ever wonder what it is like when a teacher is surpassed by a student ?  Probably not

SAM CLAYBERGER 

was my teacher, friend, mentor

Did I surpass Sam?  No

Technology did  When does a division become a divide?

As in the internet divide

When computers and the internet hit I managed to pick up social media and photo shop

Sam did not  This led to tension between us  Some how I  surpassed him

When I last visited him in 2015 I shot some pictures of  25 + pieces of his art

When I  returned to my place I ran them thru photo shop and put mats around them

At the time I was in luv with the "posturize"

filter in photo shop  Out of curiosity I applied it to one of his pieces  I liked the result and did three or four of them  Then filed them away and for got about them

In one of my last conversations with him he said he had digitalized all of his paintings  I told him he should digitalize all of his work then put them on at least a half dozen "thumb" drives then distribute them  Put some in a safe box  Give some to his daughter, maybe give one to me  He asked why  I said for safe keeping  He didn't answer

Sam passed  As a tribute  I posted the pictures I took in 2015  Without thinking about it I included some of the pieces I had posturized

I got an email from his daughter asking me to take down the pieces I had altered 

Why would she have even noticed unless Sam had clued her what to look for  My question is.....what was Sam afraid of?  What did he think I was going to do with them?

I took them down  No problem

Then I joined a Face Book group called L.A. Artist  Then & Now

As a tribute to Sam I posted this piece

Apparently, Lori his daughter also was on the same site

When she saw it the shit hit the fan

For the record  The piece posted was NOT digitally altered