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Legendary artist combats mental illness through her craft

Yayoi deeply focuses on painting, and she has bright red hair and a red polka dot shirt

Legendary artist combats mental illness through her craft

 Submitted by MyCareSpace on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 10:04
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has been turning the art world upside down for over 60 years with her psychedelic, radical style of art, greatly influencing several generations of her contemporaries. Diagnosed with severe depersonalisation disorder as a girl and permanently living in a psychiatric hospital, Kusama is a shining example of how art can be a vehicle for finding strength and beauty amidst disability.

Watch this incredible video on her facebook page:

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