Sed Miles’ art and intellectual praxis are tied together through social engagement, including participatory art and community archives. He is trying to weave a dialogue between working-class communities in the Black Diaspora. Miles is a Fulbright Scholar researching transnational archives in the Black Atlantic (Brazil and the United States). His work emerges from questions on identity, negritude, and surrealism. His goal is to leave artifacts for his descendants to know what he saw and loved in the moments of his life. He hopes this serves as fuel for both their struggles and celebrations. He is blessed to see his people reflecting so much light, magic, strength, and aesthetics. He couldn’t imagine a life without it. He simply believes that our humanity is quintessentially beautiful.