I think every writer has their waves of inspiration and their ways of doing things. But writing is very difficult for me. It's something I haven't practiced as diligently as my visual art. I've been doing visual art because I think it's easier for me to construct, whereas words are very difficult.

When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.

I'd like to do more collaborations because collaboration creates different viewpoints.

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.

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.

Mary's [Hamill] working from an outsider perspective and I'm working from an insider-outside perspective. In this case, it will bring an added dimension to the visual aspects of the work. Also the processes and approaches that I'm thinking are about learning. I'm playing it by ear to experiment and see what happens.