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Alum Kemahee Baker, the Caribbean artist whose chronic pain inspired her to start painting

Alum Kemahee Baker, the Caribbean artist whose chronic pain inspired her to start painting

For many people, the coping mechanism for chronic pain would be their reliance on medication, but artist, Alum Kemahee Baker, channeled the bouts of incessant chronic pain into art that celebrated her black heritage. She never imagined she would be involved in a car accident, but when she was, it left her with a piercing…

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