In May 2012, Neil Gaiman boarded a college platform to deliver the commencement address. Over the next nineteen minutes he presented to students his ideas about creativity, courage and fortitude. He encouraged them to break the rules, to think without hindrance or barriers. He encouraged them to make mistakes without submitting to the dictatorship of success. He showed them the victories of failure. Those budding painters, musicians, writers and dreamers were given a slogan: MAKE GOOD ART. This small volume contains the full text of his stimulating harangue accentuated by the no less vigorous and original design of Pablo Martín (National Design Award 2013). "When you feel (it is not impossible) that you walk naked in the street; that you show too much of your heart, your mind, your interior; you expose too much, that is the moment when you have surely hit the nail on the head."
In May 2012, Neil Gaiman boarded a college platform to deliver the commencement address. Over the next nineteen minutes he presented to students his ideas about creativity, courage and fortitude. He encouraged them to break the rules, to think without hindrance or barriers. He encouraged them to make mistakes without submitting to the dictatorship of success. He showed them the victories of the fraca...