Some people have witnessed the killing of their husbands, or they survived other horrific things. My sister is a widow but her husband was killed after the Khmer Rouge. There are different periods in which violence has occurred, and differences in how these women became widowed and how they survived afterwards.

Some people have witnessed the killing of their husbands, or they survived other horrific things. My sister is a widow but her husband was killed after the Khmer Rouge. There are different periods in which violence has occurred, and differences in how these women became widowed and how they survived afterwards.

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

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

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.

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

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