I was trying to release emotions, exercise emotions, and then I entered the art world. Even after grad school, some of [the earlier works] were still lingering in my head. I realized there were some pieces where I felt that I had to respond to the criticism.

I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.

I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as this new thing. It reminds me of how people used to tell me about my great-grandmother and how they used to gather around a radio listening to soap operas.

When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached.

If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not get made.

As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand.

If you want to be somewhere, you should go to that place and check it out.