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

Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live.

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

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

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

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.

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.