Miguel Is Teaching Students At NYU’s Steinhardt School Of Culture, Education, And Human Development – AfroTech

Scholar-in-Residence

Miguel also spoke candidly of his post in conversation with Forbes’ Jabari Young on “The Enterprise Zone.”

“The funnest part has been the sharpening of the concepts and the lessons that I think are important to pass from one artist to other creators,” Miguel said on the podcast. “I think the sharpening, the questions that I get, the interaction, that’s been the most rewarding because it lets me know that my experience is not only valuable for me but that it’s impactful for other people.”

He added, “Getting these questions, reinforcing the ideas and the concepts and my personal experiences, and drawing parallels to historical events where people really spoke chaos to power in their own way, that gives me hope and I think in a time of chaos that’s what we need the most and specifically for artists. Art is important because you got to have hope to create. You have to have it. And to make art gives other people hope because they see themselves in art’s details. And to see oneself in the details of others means that we’re drawing connection to humanity. We’re giving a reason for people to connect to one another. And I think in a time again of uncertainty, we need that the most.”