This week’s guest is a rare gem among those we’ve showcased on the podcast. While each of our past guests is uniquely creative in their own right — with backgrounds and personal journeys that are at times inspiring, unexpected, and, above all, human — Titus Parkes manages to check all those boxes and more. A former student of Printmaking and Letterpress arts who also dabbled in artistic architectural renovation of distressed post-war homes in Austin, Texas, Titus also boasts an MFA in Transmedia & Performing Arts. The ways in which that last discipline translates into the work he does for our clients as an LA-based Creative Director are impressive, but they’re nothing compared to how they’ve proven to be transformative in his private life. This episode is truly special in the intimate, personal, and vulnerable way that Titus and Nelson discuss the power of art to literally change lives for the better. This episode will make you rethink everything you know about performance — in business and in life.

Timestamps:

• Are you still living in Texas? | 01:21.9
• Where in Pennsylvania did you grow up? | 03:23.7
• Tell me about your family life? | 04:27.6
• Did you have a sense of belonging? | 06:55.5
• Where did you get the creative bug? | 11:21.3
• Was your art skills embraced by your family? | 14:22.9
• Tell me about going to Dartmouth for art? | 17:31.4
• Do you have expectations on where your art is going? | 19:32.3
• How did you transition as an artist? | 26:25.5
• How did your performances come to an end? | 34:58.8
• Discussion on reading the room (the audience). | 39:37.4
• Do you have a sense of calmness from your Billy Brown era? | 48:19.1
• Nelson's two questions. | 50:37.2