Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning.

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?"

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.

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

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

How am I placing myself in the world of other people around me? For me, I feel that I am not really alone, that others can feel it too. I see art in this way.

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