Portland, Maine

digital

4 1/2 inches long x 7 1/2 inches wide

The sudden onset of migraines, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia derailed my life. I had to leave my job and give up many normal activities. Although incapacitated much of the time for several years, my friends, doctors, and even family did not comprehend what was happening to me until I started using art to convey my experiences.

Migraines warp my perception of time and space. I am trapped within my physical body, at the complete mercy of the migraine. The world presses in with its light, heat, sound, smells, and touch, each causing misery in its own way. The pain overrides everything else until there is no past, no future, only that moment of suffering.