State of the Nation Address

Good evening.

This is a call for creativity.

For all those waiting. For those that don't know, or for the ingloriously ignorant, we salute you. We praise you and we now welcome you to the Brigade.

This is a partnership, a collaboration. We are here to claim what is rightfully ours.

It's tempting to look back on these moments and assume that our progress was inevitable -– that the Brigade was always destined to succeed. But when the Brigade was turned back initially, and the nay sayers first appeared, victory was very much in doubt. When the creative rights marchers were hindered by the deconstruction of creative freedom, the future was anything but certain. These were the times that tested the courage of our convictions, and the strength of our Brigade. And despite all our divisions and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, the Brigade prevailed because we chose to move forward as one brigade, one creative force.

Welcome to the era of thestickmen.brigade.