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In Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me (public library), Baker makes, at. .I think mental illness is the worst of anything

In Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me (public library), Baker makes, at long last, this private experience public through 158 drawings and watercolors - poignant, honest, funny, moving, shocking - spanning 11 years of mental, physical, and emotional healing, a journey Marina Warner aptly calls in the preface a chronicle of a life repaired. I think mental illness is the worst of anything. The hierarchy of suffering is sort of bound into our society.

Diary Drawings is an intimate reading and viewing experience that will appeal to readers interested in the relationship .

Diary Drawings is an intimate reading and viewing experience that will appeal to readers interested in the relationship between art, therapy, and mental health. has to be blamed fo. - The Dubliner. An illuminating, hopeful book, highly recommended for anyone involved in the care, treatment or counselling of people who experience severe mental distress.

Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me Bobby Baker Profile Books, 2010, £1. 0 pb, 232 pp. ISBN 9781846683749. By using this service, you agree that you will only keep articles for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services. Please confirm that you accept the terms of use. Cancel.

In Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me, Baker makes, at long last, this . I think mental illness is the worst of anything

In Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me, Baker makes, at long last, this private experience public through 158 drawings and watercolors - poignant, honest, funny, moving, shocking - spanning 11 years of mental, physical, and emotional healing, a journey Marina Warner aptly calls in the preface a "chronicle of a life repaired  . I think mental illness is the worst of anything

Baker’s touring exhibition Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me premiered at the Wellcome Collection in 2009, and the accompanying book of the same name won the Mind Book of the Year 2011.

Baker’s touring exhibition Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me premiered at the Wellcome Collection in 2009, and the accompanying book of the same name won the Mind Book of the Year 2011. Her most recent show, Mad Gyms & Kitchens, was commissioned as part of the London 2012 Unlimited project for the Cultural Olympiad. Bobby Baker is the Artistic Director of Daily Life Ltd. Daily Life Ltd is the disability-led arts organisation that produces the work of Bobby Baker, one of the UK’s most celebrated artists.

Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me is a collection of 158 drawings created by Baker between 1997 and 2008. It charts her experience of mental and physical ill-health and her eventual recovery. As well as illustrations, the book features an introductory essay by author Marina Warner and writing by Baker and her daughter, Dora Whittuck, a clinical psychologist. I've scarcely ever won anything in my life! I can't imagine anything I'd be more proud to win than the Mind Book of the Year Award

Bobby Baker (born 1950, Kent) is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist working across performance, drawing and multi-media. Baker is the artistic director of the arts organisation Daily Life Ltd. Baker lives in London, England.

Bobby Baker (born 1950, Kent) is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist working across performance, drawing and multi-media. She studied painting at St. Martins School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) between 1968 and 1972. She was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Queen Mary University London in 2011.

This artist chose mental illnesses a. Thank you for your incredible drawings. I'm the creator of the Inktober Illness and Phobia series and also create art for Cyanide and Happiness. I appreciate these so much. I run a clothing line AMNClothing to boot. Because I don't like having free time.

Diary Drawings is no less brilliantly inventive. A collection of 158 drawings Baker created between 1997 and 2008, the diary provides us with an astonishing insight into her struggle to overcome mental and physical ill-health. A collection of 158 drawings Baker created between 1997 and 2008, the diary provides us with an astonishing insight into her struggle to overcome mental and physical ill-health