Artful & Literary Excavations of Imagination

There is a peculiar phenomenon which occurs during fiction writing. It has to do with character building. Although there’s probably some technical term for it, I’d prefer to focus on observations of the experience in this post.

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Q: Do you have to go to school (college, university, etc) to become an artist or a writer?

A: I’ve spent far too much of my life grappling with whether or not a higher education would help me be a better writer and guarantee success in the publishing world. Straight out of high school, I entered the University of Toronto and chose the most obvious subject to major in for a writer–English Literature. For most, entering into secondary education to study the medium of their choice is a very logical and rewarding experience, and it can lead to opportunities. For me, it was a long hard lesson in learning about myself.

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Late last year I started to re-organize and streamline cathrene.net, based on some ideas of my own and a year’s worth of observations and experiences following the traditional route with blogging and running an online juried art gallery called House of Scratch. To summarize these observations and experiences, if I can’t do cathrene.net my way then there’s just no point in doing it.

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New Year’s Day became a day of sorting out what to accomplish in the upcoming year. A recurring theme began to emerge as I mulled over my list—finishing projects. Among them, Ule the Unfurled, is of utmost priority.

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