I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer.

I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.

I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own.

It's like you're organically developing yourself, moving out, metamorphosing into other forms depending on where you are, what you're doing at the time, how you want to play on things.

I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience.

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts.

When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books. We were always the ones that read the most books in class. I thought about writing but visual arts weren't part of my vocabulary.