“In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to accept their fate and their sickness. It's about accepting the way your life is.” PeopleWayBodyLife IsVoiceAcceptingFateWrittenMysteryAidsSicknessHivHiv Aids Author:Chath Piersath
“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.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsArt Author:Chath Piersath
“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.” ThinkingWayWritingArtInspirationDifficultHavensEasierArt IsWaveVisualsConstructsVisual Art Author:Chath Piersath
“Sometimes I fantasize about learning to write in Khmer. Because if I could write in Khmer, my perspective would be very different, because I'm both an outsider and insider and I see the writing in a different way. My description would be different from, say, a local writer.” IfsWayWritingDifferentSometimesWould BePerspectiveLocalsDifferent WaysIf I CouldDescriptionOutsidersInsiders Author:Chath Piersath
“Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can travel, etc. It's the same with writing: the freedom to move in and out of different places, of different realms of existence, of different life forms.” WorldWayWritingI CanDifferentMovingFormExistenceGreaterAccessRealmsEtcPrivilegedDifferent PlaceDifferent LifeAccess To Education Author:Chath Piersath
