WALKER

Neil tells the graduating class of artists that they are in a transitional world explaining that the models that the career and economic models of the past will no longer work for them today. He assures them that while this is intimidating, it is also liberating. The old rules have been broken down. As nobody knows what the new rules are, we can make up our own rules! We can now do whatever we need to do to get our art into the world... It is true, what many of you have heard. The machines have gathered an army and as I speak, that army is drawing nearer to our home. Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it.