trains as a way of escapism.  That is when he noticed writings such as “God loves”, “make love not war”, or “pray”, etched on walls, phone booths, trains and in subway stations.  STAY HIGH, like many other youths, took the writings not just as a name that left an impression on others, but also as messages that he could learn from.  After continually seeing all of these messages he became inspired and came up with his own name to use.  As STAY HIGH started writing he added a stick figure of a saint with a halo, which came from the famous television show “The Saint”.  He changed the format of the saint by incorporating his own idea.  He turned the saint in the opposite direction and added a smoking joint that was perched on his name.  STAY HIGH would call  this  figure “The Smoker” and the smoker is what was to be known! As a writer in the 1970’s, one not only needed to have the most hits ( tags ), but also needed to catch the eye from others, by using a trademark.  Many writers used trademarks such as stars, arrows, swords and so on.  STAY HIGH’s smoker became one of the biggest trademarks.  Others like, LEE 163’s connecting “E’s”, SWEET DUKE’s playboy bunny, COOL JEFF’s swirling arrows used in his “L’s” and JOINT ONE’s smoking joint used as his “T” were also very distinctive from within a mass of other names.