I began my undergraduate studies as a fine arts major. I studied drawing, print-making, and design. I also took English courses. Eventually I realized that although I loved art, my efforts in literary study achieved better results. I became an English major and doodled on the side. When I went to graduate school, I enrolled in a course called "The Sister Arts: Poetry and Painting." It was about the long tradition of "ut pictura poesis"--as a picture, so also a poem--extending back to classical times.