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Migraine Expressions (a review)

by James on 15 October 2008

I’m going to tip my hand right at the beginning here.  I humbly admit, Migraine Expressions was far more amazing than I ever expected.  Wow. A quick introduction: Migraine Expressions: A Creative Journey through Life with Migraine was put together by Betsy Baxter Blondin, herself a migraineur.  It’s a compilation of art, poetry and prose [...]

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Migraine and Art study (epilepsy too)

by James on 6 September 2008

When it started out, it actually had nothing to do with migraine at all.  Jim Chambliss, who calls himself a "reformed attorney", has personally dealt with epilepsy and migraine.  As an artist, he shared some of his experiences and emotions through art. What influence does chronic illness have on art? he wondered.  He started out [...]

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Migraine art slideshow

by James on 17 March 2008

The New York Times has a nice slideshow of migraine art up on the web.  There may not be anything new here, but it’s a nice display and you can easily share the presentation via facebook, del.ici.us, etc. As you look, think about what we were talking about last week regarding the patterns in migraine [...]

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Not long after I posted my lament that I couldn’t find a decent migraine art book, I read this post about a migraine art book from Jackie at Life in the Canadian Desert.  I was excited to read it, but I wished it had been posted a little sooner!  Jackie is writing about a project [...]

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Migraine aura art

by James on 5 June 2007

Migraine art has become an increasingly large art field worldwide.  It’s not surprising, really.  After all, personal expression has become easier, and it’s easier to share with the world than ever before. But there needs to be more, and it needs to be available for you to put on your coffee table.  Ok, maybe not [...]

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