About the artist:

Steve Durkee. Today he is known as Sh. Nooruddeen. Steve and Barbara Durkee founded the Lama Foundation. Barbara was one of the four artists to work on the Core Book and had introduced Steve to Richard Alpert in Millbrook, NY (she had known Alpert in college and helped him grade papers). This introduction began a close working relationship and important collaboration. Nooruddeen, in an email and interview shared, “I am the person who conceived the idea and form of the box, coordinated and contributed to the art work, and oversaw all the printing and production."