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Jack and I first met when we were both living in New York in the early 1990s. He had an exhibition at Pat Hearn Gallery where I was working as a gallery assistant, and there we formed a lasting friendship that led to him helping me start my own career. Then in 2000, an amazing coincidence occurred where we both bought houses in the high desert, unbeknownst to each other. Being devoted to this region and a hugely generous human being, Jack has been involved in some way, shape, or form in nearly every HDTS event. For each event he would construct a giant sign along Amboy Road—the main road that all HDTS visitors would take to go to the evening event at the Palms. The first year he put up beautiful pink and white road sign covered in giant sequins that said “NOTHING”. The sign was stolen during our second event, and trying to locate it became fodder for many local myths. For the second HDTS event he installed a sign that says “Easy Does It” on one side and “Live and Let Live” on the other side.