Kusama's use of repetition and her tactic of 'obliteration' highlights the pumpkin as an important personal symbol of relief from anxiety, obsessive thoughts and frightening hallucinations: "I would confront the spirit of the pumpkin, forgetting everything else and concentrating my mind entirely on the form before me"
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