A Must-Watch Commencement Speech: Author Neil Gaiman on Creating Art

I feel like I hear this line often from amazing commencement speakers (i.e. very successful people): “I, myself, never went to college…”. It’s sort of disheartening when you’re sitting in the audience knowing you just dropped tens of thousands of dollars are something that apparently is not a necessary ingredient to being successful. =)

Along with humor and engaging audiences, it’s a challenge to offer a diverse audience a message that will resonate and leave them with gifts for their journey ahead. Here’s an example of a storied approach to this challenge. A collage of stories is used to offer students three gifts for their journey (judgment, compassion, and mercy). http://www.vimeo.com/24981140

Some great stuff about being creative – and life in general. One great quote: “Be wise. And if you cannot be wise, then just pretend to be someone who is wise – and act like they would.”