I agree with #14 and if you read Shepard's book he is very clear about the use of appropriation in his work. The book has frequent side by side comparisons of the original image he sourced and what he turned it into.

No one would claim Andy Warhol plagiarized the original designer of the Campbell's soup.

You are correct. Paul Griswold went to film school with us and he is currently helping me with some new animations I that will be releasing soon. Bill Orcutt was in noise rock champions Harry Pussy. Louisa is an architect who ended up married to Rodney. David Schweitzer was the DP and is related to the peace prize Schweitzer. Mark, Lazaro and George and Jill are all artists. Michael Garon is my real name, Syd Garon is just a nickname, FYI.

We all lived near each other in Miami Beach and it was a real artist collective back then. Relatively simple to get a bunch of talented people together to do fun stuff.

I lived in Warsaw for a few months, having actually used the Polish Post Office the joke is on the sender.