When I was a little girl in Laos I used to watch the boys play in the flooded roads during rainy season. They had so much fun. I wanted to play in the flood too but my mom would not allow it. After the floods I saw gold fish gasping for air, trapped in shrinking puddles and dying in the road. I wanted to rescue these fish and keep them. I wanted the fish to live.

While I was suffering with severe unexplained pain in my arms, memories of my time as a Little Girl in Laos resurfaced. This is the story I told my artist friends as they became my hands, working through trial and error to help me as I struggled to create images that reflected my childhood experiences. Periodically, one artist or another would work for a few hours, following my instructions and adding their own perspectives as we developed this piece. These pictures illustrate the progress of Little Girl in Laos.