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What Is Art

Art is organizing. It is also an anchor, not an accessory to movement. Art possesses rhythmic communication, coded emotional cues, and improvised feelings of critical thought.

A love story about the power of art as organizing | Aja Monet and phillip agnew ·

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  3. How Did Philip Help AjaAs the exterior world exhibited so much sadness and grief, Aja sought community.
  4. 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…
  5. What Do Aja Monet and Phillip Agnew Say Actually Moves People?In their TED Talk, Aja Monet and Phillip Agnew say laws never change culture, but culture always changes laws, and that data rarely moves people while great…
  6. How Should the Heart Be MeasuredBy what is done, not what one feels. Art as organizing is not only concerned about artists’ intentions, but their actual impact.

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