I'm doing a collaborative project with another artist, Mary Hamill. My project is to gather the oral history of war widows, starting… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I met Mary [Hamill] in New York at my exhibition and when I told her about my oral history project she asked,… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning. — Chath Piersath Copy Share
When you make art, those things change shape into something else. It's transformation into a body of different visual elements. — Chath Piersath Copy Share
Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
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… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
Whether I affect one person or an entire family, or even a group of people, I feel like I have resources and education and… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it. — Chath Piersath Copy Share
When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent. — Chath Piersath Copy Share
I have some advantages of viewing from the two lenses, the two perspectives. I think that a lot of visual artists who come back… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art]. — Chath Piersath Copy Share
I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work. — Chath Piersath Copy Share
I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
I'm doing a collaborative project with another artist, Mary Hamill. My project is to gather the oral history of war widows, starting with the… — Chath Piersath Copy Share
![“I met Mary [Hamill] in New York at my exhibition and when I told her about my oral history project she asked, "Would it be possible to incorporate visual art?" My sister stitches pillowcases, which led to Mary suggesting using cyanotype on them. I originally thought of the idea of pillowcases…” quote by Chath Piersath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/chath-piersath-12764_art_i-met-mary-hamill-in-new-york-at-my-exhi_3093179.jpg)