Abstract
Bobby Baker Profile Books, 2010, £15.00 pb, 232 pp. ISBN 9781846683749 Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 1996 and beginning to self-harm, artist Bobby Baker referred herself to the Pine Street Day Centre therapeutic community. For the next 10 years she meticulously documented her
Highlights
Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 1996 and beginning to self-harm, artist Bobby Baker referred herself to the Pine Street Day Centre therapeutic community
For the 10 years she meticulously documented her experiences, both internal and in relation to the services she encountered, in a series of over 700 watercolour ‘Diary Drawings’, 158 of which were later exhibited at the Wellcome Collection in London
These images are beautifully reproduced in this volume, along with essays by Baker herself and her daughter, psychologist Dora Whittuck, which add context and an opportunity explicitly to convey Bobby’s reflections on mental illness and recovery
Summary
Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 1996 and beginning to self-harm, artist Bobby Baker referred herself to the Pine Street Day Centre therapeutic community. Bobby Baker Profile Books, 2010, £15.00 pb, 232 pp. For the 10 years she meticulously documented her experiences, both internal and in relation to the services she encountered, in a series of over 700 watercolour ‘Diary Drawings’, 158 of which were later exhibited at the Wellcome Collection in London.
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