and that was pontchartrain park. golf course right in the middle, a thousand homes around it, and that golf course designed by joseph bartholomew, who designed most of the courses in new orleans, but couldn't play on them, because he was a black man. so... they fought. and so, it's an american aesthetic to exercise your right of self-determiniation. and so that was the calling that i heard. so in the midst of that political action, it really comes back to art, because art is freedom and individuality within form. it's the infinite amount of notes that can be put together in an improvized jazz solo, but it comes from a finite number of notes. that's an american aesthetic, and that is demonstrated in our art. high art is a demonstration of the american aesthetic. - you mention your father. - [weldell] yes. - he is a consequential character in the telling of this story. i was just completely, he appealed to me. i just completely gravitated to your father. - amos pierce. - will you talk about him a little bit please? - m