According to the Japanese artist, her artwork was heavily influenced by a traumatic childhood, hallucinations, and mental issues. Her dad was an adulterer who was always out of the house and her mother was abusive to her. Art became a means of escaping from this reality for the young woman as well as a way to express the strange visions that she encountered. These visions would often include the polka dots and recurring patterns that are such a prevalent characteristic of her works. She would later be diagnosed with compulsive obsessive behavior and would voluntarily place herself in an institution.