“You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].” Quote by Chath Piersath
“Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning.” ArtDifferentFormShapesArt IsDifferent ThingsCapture Author:Chath Piersath
“Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts, or poetry, a lot of those elements can come and help you, can trigger your creativity. But you have to be open, be aware, and you have to be ready to look.” LooksArtHelpingUseCreativityReadyMaterialsLike YouElementsToolsPerformingVisualsTriggersVisual ArtPerforming Arts Author:Chath Piersath
“I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.” WritingStatesSchoolDifficultUnitedUnited StatesJournal Author:Chath Piersath
“I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts.” WritingSometimesSongSpontaneousRhymeWriting Songs 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
“It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.” YearsBookHardBodyLinesMysteryTenRight Words Author:Chath Piersath
“I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.” YearsArtSchoolPaintArt School Author:Chath Piersath
“I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer.” ArtWantedPerformingDancerMuseumsPerforming Arts Author:Chath Piersath
“When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books. We were always the ones that read the most books in class. I thought about writing but visual arts weren't part of my vocabulary.” WritingArtBookClassMy FriendsVisualsGradesContestsVocabularyVisual ArtSixth Grade Author:Chath Piersath
“It's really hard when you read literature in a language that's not your own. There are all these cultural references you have to be born into that particular language to get.” HardLiteratureLanguageBornParticular Author:Chath Piersath