In 2012 the author Neil Gaiman gave possibly the most famous commencement speech of all time to the graduating students at the University of the Arts, London.

You may have seen it yourself, and you should look it up if you haven’t. I watch it whenever I’m feeling lost, or I’m doubting myself, or I’m stuck in a seemingly endless creative rut. Watching this speech always, and without fail, inspires and motivates me in ways I can’t begin to understand—maybe because the advice is so simple.

The central theme of the speech was to Make Good Art, no matter what: "Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Someone on the Internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before—make good art.”

Whatever terrible predicament you find yourself in, and whatever awful events are unfolding around you, making good art will always be your best way out.

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