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Pain Made Visible: Migraine Masterpieces
Winning entries in a contest sponsored by the National Headache Foundation.
"The contest themed, 'Images of Migraine,' was open to professional and amateur artists who are diagnosed migraine sufferers. The work was to depict their world when dealing with a migraine. The contest was developed to publicize the diminished quality of life migraine headache sufferers experience due to pain and associated symptoms."
Many of these are really wonderful, if that word can be used to describe such graphic representations of an excruciating experience. I've always favored pictorial art that has text in it, so I especially like Pain and Relief by Tiffany Slaybaugh, You Don't Know the Half of It by Chris Ehman and the untitled piece by Kyle Olmon. Being an extreme Joseph Cornell enthusiast, I also liked The Storm Cloud Descends by Barbara Yawit. I only wish the enlarged versions of these works were large enough to see details and read all the text passages.
[via Dublog]