People, especially children, wouild come and watch me paint. I would arrange an exhibit upon return and use storyboards to tell viewers what was going on in the scenes. Thailand never gave the Camboadians official refugee status. The only help they received was from a small UN staff by day and a group of missionaries. Many of the children knew no boundaries beyond Site 2.'.
Art is society.
You don't want it to be propaganda first and foremost, so it's a tightrope. But as to content, I think it's no longer taboo to create art with social content. I want my art to be more than decorative. I want it to speak to people's souls or essence.