Titus Kaphar

And I was hoping he would say no, but he said yes. He said be in my house for 15 minutes. And that was the beginning of it. And the truth of the matter is that documentary felt wildly unsatisfying. I showed it publicly in the theater one time and decided I don't want that in the world like that.

A lot of it was just the fact that it felt like it did a really good job of telling me where I was but not how I got there. It was me as an adult reflecting on these things as an adult. And there was no space for that child, that child's voice in that documentary. And somehow that felt really necessary.

A lot of it was just the fact that it felt like it did a really good job of telling me where I was but not how I got there. It was me as an adult reflecting on these things as an adult. And there was no space for that child, that child's voice in that documentary. And somehow that felt really necessary.

A lot of it was just the fact that it felt like it did a really good job of telling me where I was but not how I got there. It was me as an adult reflecting on these things as an adult. And there was no space for that child, that child's voice in that documentary. And somehow that felt really necessary.

So as I let go of the idea of the documentary project and I moved in to the idea of doing this as a feature film, I realized that it was going to be necessary for me to think differently about my father when I write him as a character.

So as I let go of the idea of the documentary project and I moved in to the idea of doing this as a feature film, I realized that it was going to be necessary for me to think differently about my father when I write him as a character.

So as I let go of the idea of the documentary project and I moved in to the idea of doing this as a feature film, I realized that it was going to be necessary for me to think differently about my father when I write him as a character.

Yeah, I mean, the writing process was very different for me. And so what happened is I'd wake up in the morning.

Yeah, I mean, the writing process was very different for me. And so what happened is I'd wake up in the morning.

Yeah, I mean, the writing process was very different for me. And so what happened is I'd wake up in the morning.

about five o'clock and i'd start writing for a couple hours take my kids to school and then i would go to the studio and i would i would start drawing or sketching from what i had written the day before so i have this app on my phone that allows me to listen to text so i was listening to that and remembering all of the things from my childhood experiences and And just writing that down.

about five o'clock and i'd start writing for a couple hours take my kids to school and then i would go to the studio and i would i would start drawing or sketching from what i had written the day before so i have this app on my phone that allows me to listen to text so i was listening to that and remembering all of the things from my childhood experiences and And just writing that down.

about five o'clock and i'd start writing for a couple hours take my kids to school and then i would go to the studio and i would i would start drawing or sketching from what i had written the day before so i have this app on my phone that allows me to listen to text so i was listening to that and remembering all of the things from my childhood experiences and And just writing that down.

And initially, I was writing this stuff for the purpose of trying to tell my sons a little bit about their father, me, about where I come from and, you know, why I don't like to talk about when I was a kid so much. And for their whole lives, I've always said, well, I'll tell you more when you're older.

And initially, I was writing this stuff for the purpose of trying to tell my sons a little bit about their father, me, about where I come from and, you know, why I don't like to talk about when I was a kid so much. And for their whole lives, I've always said, well, I'll tell you more when you're older.

And initially, I was writing this stuff for the purpose of trying to tell my sons a little bit about their father, me, about where I come from and, you know, why I don't like to talk about when I was a kid so much. And for their whole lives, I've always said, well, I'll tell you more when you're older.

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Yeah. And so my oldest is going off to college now. So I think that's part of what initiated this whole process for me. And the painting aspect of it is so – that's so normal. That's my happy place. That's peace, you know. I'm a pretty extroverted person, but that's only because I have – all of this time alone in the studio.