![]() Their work is full of things I’ve already seen,” Arizona declares. “The worst thing is a writer who doesn’t read. “My writing gets exponentially better after sundown,” Heather explains. I’m at my desk every day by 9 and I work until 5:30. Of the artistic process, Arizona points to Heather as her inspiration, saying, “It’s a way of life. I was able to dabble in everything and had freedom to discover my interests.” Creation In everything I do today, I draw on skills and techniques I learned at Dawson. ![]() ![]() “CEGEP was where I first met people with similar interests. ![]() “Dawson was the best two years for me, education-wise,” agrees writer and multi-disciplinary artist Arizona O’Neill, graduate of the Fine Arts Program. ![]() “You have access to intelligent people and are taken seriously.” “I loved Dawson,” says author Heather O’Neill who started in Creative Arts and Literature, moved to the New School, and graduated from the Social Science program. Thanks to organizer and English teacher Sarah Gilbert for interviewing the mother-daughter duo. Ahead of their guest appearance at a Dawson Reads event on March 22, Arizona O’Neill (Fine Arts, 2013) and Heather O’Neill (Social Science, 1992) shared some thoughts on their Dawson experiences, the creative process and writing. ![]()
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