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&I am deeply terrified by the obsessions crawling over my body whether they come from within me or from outside I fluctuate between feelings of reality & unreality I myself delight in my obsessions& Yayoi Kusama is one of the most significant contemporary artists at work today This engaging autobiography tells the story of her life & extraordinary career in her own words revealing her as a fascinating figure & maverick artist who channels her obsessive neuroses into an art that transcends cultural barriers Kusama describes the decade she spent in New York first as a poverty stricken artist & later as the doyenne of an alternative counter-cultural scene She provides a frank & touching account of her relationships with key art-world figures including Georgia O& Keeffe Donald Judd & the reclusive Joseph Cornell with whom Kusama forged a close bond In candid terms she describes her childhood & the first appearance of the obsessive visions that have haunted her throughout her life Returning to Japan in the early 1970s Kusama checked herself into a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo where she resides to the present day emerging to dedicate herself with seemingly endless vigour to her art & her writing This remarkable autobiography provides a powerful insight into a unique artistic mind haunted by fears & phobias yet determined to maintain her position at the forefront of the artistic avant-garde In addition to her artwork Yayoi Kusama is the author of numerous volumes of poetry & fiction including The Hustler&s Grotto of Christopher Street Manhattan Suicide Addict & violet Obsession