In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to… — Chath Piersath Accepting Copy Share Image
Every day you are bombarded by so many different things. When you sit down to process everything, it can become interesting visually.… — Chath Piersath Bombarded Copy Share Image
I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience. — Chath Piersath Connected Copy Share Image
Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can… — Chath Piersath Access Copy Share Image
When I hear Khmer poets, when they recite their poems, I know what they're talking about, I get it right away. — Chath Piersath Knows Copy Share Image
Sometimes I fantasize about learning to write in Khmer. Because if I could write in Khmer, my perspective would be very different,… — Chath Piersath Description Copy Share Image
All throughout my work, even in the United States, I have worked with the greater Cambodian community. — Chath Piersath Community Copy Share Image
I think there are things I can't write in English that I wish I could write in Khmer. — Chath Piersath I can Copy Share Image
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… — Chath Piersath Approach Copy Share Image
In Cambodian culture the male figure in the family is important; when you lose your husband you lose your economic ability to… — Chath Piersath Ability Copy Share Image
Sometimes the mere connection we make with each other can change people's lives. It doesn't have to be something big. The mere… — Chath Piersath Bigs Copy Share Image
Some people have witnessed the killing of their husbands, or they survived other horrific things. My sister is a widow but her… — Chath Piersath Differences Copy Share Image
It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over… — Chath Piersath Body Copy Share Image
I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and… — Chath Piersath Addiction Copy Share Image
It's like you're organically developing yourself, moving out, metamorphosing into other forms depending on where you are, what you're doing at the… — Chath Piersath Developing Copy Share Image
I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art. — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
A lot of my work is process-oriented. I delve into my work and sit alone in silence and work with the material… — Chath Piersath Materials Copy Share Image
I have a great advantage: I write from the perspective of my own voice. I'm not copying anyone's voice. It's my voice.… — Chath Piersath Advantage Copy Share Image
If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer. — Chath Piersath Born Copy Share Image
I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself. — Chath Piersath Academic Copy Share Image
How am I placing myself in the world of other people around me? For me, I feel that I am not really… — Chath Piersath Art Copy Share Image
I thought of the pillowcases as a symbol of love and loss, of retaining the memory of your loved one. — Chath Piersath Loss Copy Share Image
For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people. — Chath Piersath Able 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 Art Copy Share Image