Yayoi Kusama, who died Aug. 14, became a global art icon known for her infinity rooms and polka-dotted pumpkins.

But her journey began decades earlier, with a flight across the Pacific and an uncertain young artist dreaming of making it in America.
https://theconversation.com/before-the-infinity-nets-there-was-the-pacific-ocean-what-origin-stories-focusing-on-yayoi-kusamas-mental-illness-miss-about-her-art-290760