Whether I affect one person or an entire family, or even a group of people, I feel like I have resources and education and ability and skills that some people may not be fortunate enough to acquire. But by sharing and inquiring, being a listener, and being interested in the stories of other people and their lives, I can also pull things out and say "What can I do for them? What can I share with them that may alleviate some of their suffering?"

In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to accept their fate and their sickness. It's about accepting the way your life is.

Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts, or poetry, a lot of those elements can come and help you, can trigger your creativity. But you have to be open, be aware, and you have to be ready to look.

I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle to come from that perspective.

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

It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.

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