Kamasi Washington’s long collaborative history with the Watts Tower Arts Center, of which John Outterbridge served as director from 1975 until 1992, illustrates the saxophonist and composer’s commitment to contributing to the community through his art. And like Outterbridge, Washington’s work is firmly planted in the continuum of African American artistic expression as a tool for active empowerment. Their bodies of work are both infused with a purpose that transcends the raw materials from which they are constructed. Through their intentionality, wind, brass, wood, metal, and cloth transform into celestial beacons for social transformation.