An Exercise In Catharsis

About the Book

The manuscript for "An Exercise in Catharsis" was damaged, almost ruined in a car crash. The Author having rolled a van without airbags and walked away with but a scratch. Publish your immortal portrait so you never have to look at it as unfinished, no one would have found it in the wreckage. What if all those conversations, moments you're waiting for; dreaming of never happen? What are your truths? "An Exercise in Catharsis" is a collection of poems and letters to alleviate self hatred without a clear source. Conversations around Mental Illness without censorship, about negative coping mechanisms, legally and illegally medicating, dopamine doping, and trying to heal "the scared kid at the top of the stairs".

About the Author

Show yourself comparison without belittling yourself for past mistakes. William M McCleery is a Visual Artist and Storyteller who would rather be a Hermit than in any spotlight. Combating Impostor Syndrome with a BFA in Photography, this is his first public collection of poems and letters, supported and encouraged by his Therapist, to address the cleché of the Mentally Ill Artist and his own internal critique of it.