What Do Aja Monet and Phillip Agnew Say Communities and Relationships Are Really About?

On TED Talks Daily, poet Aja Monet and community organizer Phillip Agnew talk about falling in love and about the tie between great social movements and meaningful art. They take the audience to Smoke Signals Studio in Miami, the home and community art space they share, where they are building a refuge for neighbors and creators. The episode presents that room as their answer to distraction, anger, and anxiety. Communities and relationships, in their telling, are not only how movements get built. They are also how serious art gets made, with other people in the room.