When you make art, those things change shape into something else. It's transformation into a body of different visual elements.

You get closer to your own humanity by understanding the stories of other people and the struggles they have.

Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.

I thought of the pillowcases as a symbol of love and loss, of retaining the memory of your loved one.

A lot of my work is process-oriented. I delve into my work and sit alone in silence and work with the material and process it, like talking to yourself.

Every day you are bombarded by so many different things. When you sit down to process everything, it can become interesting visually. You can incorporate a lot of those things that you internalize.

I've been coming to Cambodia off and on, six months of the year usually.