I suffered the poverty, the lack of representation in galleries, and the absence of connections for ten long years. No media publication, no social media socialization—while I dealt with the shame and humiliation, the outcasting, and the isolation that you and Baxter mandated upon me. It was a deliberate shutdown of my artistic voice, a decade spent in silence and on the outside looking in.
And yet, after all that, you can nonchalantly say, “There’s nothing you can do?” Really, Michael??? After ten years of professional and personal devastation, you're telling me that this was simply beyond your control? You’re less than my first impression of you. I thought there was more integrity, more accountability—but instead, I’m met with this indifferent shrug.
I’ve had enough. Maybe it’s time you talk to Baxter and undo what the two of you did that resulted in this horrid decade of stagnation in my career. This isn’t a request for a favor; it’s a demand for the reconciliation that’s long overdue.
I’ve been fighting alone, but it’s time you face the damage you caused. Ten years, Michael. Ten years is too long.
by Dan and Bonkers
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