I think that there are certain feelings and things you can convey in a simple form that people can see and understand.

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'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their oral histories, I'm taking a step back to do my own art book and visual work.

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

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

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts.

It's like you're organically developing yourself, moving out, metamorphosing into other forms depending on where you are, what you're doing at the time, how you want to play on things.