Some of his work has a kind of Peter Max look to it.
RE: Some of his work has a kind of Peter Max look to it.
I like Peter Max. Won’t apologize for it.
When Peter Max was working on a huge canvas while standing on a step ladder he tried to pour into his work everything he knew about the entire expanse of the universe in one big painting. In the round empty center of the canvas he had a vision of a gray haired kindly man’s face, with long hair and a long beard. He felt a shock go through him and almost fell off the ladder.
A few days later his wife opened the front door and screamed, slamming the door shut, thinking a bearded homeless man was trying to get in.
It turned out it was Swami Satchidananda who came early and unannounced after friends of Max had arranged for his first trip from India to the US and gave him Peter Max’s address. Max came to see why his wife screamed and saw that the Swami was exactly the man he had seen on his painting canvas. The Swami introduced himself.
Satchidananda later gave the opening remarks for the Woodstock Festival and was a favorite of hippies and New Age types for years.