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

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

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

I'm doing a collaborative project with another artist, Mary Hamill. My project is to gather the oral history of war widows, starting with the women of my village, Kop Nymit.

I'd like to do more collaborations because collaboration creates different viewpoints.

I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes we may feel sympathetic toward a certain aspect of that life event.

When I hear Khmer poets, when they recite their poems, I know what they're talking about, I get it right away.