[Buddha-l] Multiple artist

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Kim Noble  is a  woman who, from the age of 14 years, spent 20 years in 
and out of hospital until she made contact with Dr Valerie Sinason and 
Dr Rob Hale at the Tavistock and Portman Clinics.  10 years ago she 
began therapy and was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder 
(originally named multiple personality disorder). D.I.D is a creative 
way to cope with unbearable pain. The main personality splits into 
several parts with dissociative or amnesic barriers between them. It is 
a controversial disorder but Kim has had extensive tests over 2 years by 
leading psychology professor at UCL, John Morton, who has established 
there is no memory between the personalities and that she has the 
misfortune of representing the British gold standard over genuine 
dissociation.

Having no formal art training, Kim and 12 of her personalities (alters) 
became interested in painting in 2004 after spending a short time with 
an art therapist. These 12 artists each have their own distinctive 
style, colours and themes, ranging from solitary desert scenes to sea 
scenes to abstracts, collages, and paintings with traumatic content. 
Many alters are unaware that they share a body with other artists.

See http://www.kimnoble.com/

-- 
Groet

Erik

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