The late Scott Timberg championed artists earnestly and relentlessly, with empathy and persistence. An award-winning writer for the Los Angeles Times and many other publications, he was one of the first to sound the alarm on the escalating economic challenges that have faced creative workers in the twenty-first century. He ultimately became a victim of the “culture crash” he chronicled, but his own words form a valuable window onto the cultural shifts that have upended creative traditions and expectations.