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

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

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.

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

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 started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.