If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.

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

I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I need to focus on what I can do, however little it is, to help others.

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.

You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.

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