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From the Ted Talk by Aja Monet and phillip agnew: A love story about the power of art as organizing
Unscramble the Blue Letters
AM: The idea was set: art was an anchor, not an accessory to monveemt. Our home was a home of rcadail imagination; an instrument of our nurturing hearts; a place of risk where were deard to laugh, love, cry, debate. Art, books, rdrecos and all this stuff decorated our wlals, and there was lizards — walls of palm trees that guided our guests into our backyard, where our neighbors would come and feel right at home. The wind — the wind was an affirmation for the people who walked into the space. And we learned that in a world — a bewildering world of so much distraction — we were able to catvtluie a space where people could come and be present, and artists and ogirnazres could find refuge.
Open Cloze
AM: The idea was set: art was an anchor, not an accessory to ________. Our home was a home of _______ imagination; an instrument of our nurturing hearts; a place of risk where were _____ to laugh, love, cry, debate. Art, books, _______ and all this stuff decorated our _____, and there was lizards — walls of palm trees that guided our guests into our backyard, where our neighbors would come and feel right at home. The wind — the wind was an affirmation for the people who walked into the space. And we learned that in a world — a bewildering world of so much distraction — we were able to _________ a space where people could come and be present, and artists and __________ could find refuge.
Solution
- organizers
- radical
- dared
- movement
- cultivate
- records
- walls
Original Text
AM: The idea was set: art was an anchor, not an accessory to movement. Our home was a home of radical imagination; an instrument of our nurturing hearts; a place of risk where were dared to laugh, love, cry, debate. Art, books, records and all this stuff decorated our walls, and there was lizards — walls of palm trees that guided our guests into our backyard, where our neighbors would come and feel right at home. The wind — the wind was an affirmation for the people who walked into the space. And we learned that in a world — a bewildering world of so much distraction — we were able to cultivate a space where people could come and be present, and artists and organizers could find refuge.
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