"We're in a transitional world right now.. because the nature of distribution is changing. The distribution channels that people had built over the last 100 years or so are in flux -- for print, for visual artists, for musicians. Which is on the one hand, intimidating, and on the other, immensely liberating."
In this 2012 commencement address, author Neil Gaiman speaks a kind of benediction-prophesy over a graduating class of art school students. I like it. Maybe he's talking about how the internet has made publishing and sharing creative content easier than any other time in history. Maybe he feels like if he speaks it as a declaration of truth, it will inspire the group of young people entering the world market as artists to do so boldly. Either way, Talib Kweli decided it was good enough to sample in the intro of one of his better albums.