Planes, Creativity and the Indifference of Fathers

Roberto Mendoza
5 min readJul 30, 2021

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When I was around eleven or twelve, I would sometimes imagine what if my real father came back and my mother left my step-father to go back to him. I imagined that he would be interested in me and my interests, especially my interests in science, drawing, jet airplanes and writing stories. My stepfather, with a fourth grade education, worked as a farm laborer and showed no interest in my creative…

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Roberto Mendoza

Native American/Chicano artist, screenwriter, filmmaker, writer, revolutionary. Living in Los Angeles. Co- founded Cooperation Tulsa. https://www.facebook.