“Caged” by Lisa Benson
“Caged” by Lisa Benson
This self portrait is the tragically beautiful work of Lisa Benson, who is also a writer for Migraine.com. This is the second piece Lisa generously shared with Golden Graine in the Creative Corner.
Lisa says of this piece:
“Caged” is my most obvious piece about migraine. It is literally a self portrait depicting the pain and disorientation I’ve felt with a severe migraine.
To view more of Lisa’s artwork, visit her site at http://www.lisarbenson.com/.
To read Lisa’s articles on Migraine.com, you can find them all here at https://migraine.com/author/lisabenson/.
If you have art, music, poetry or a story that you want to share, please go to the Contact page and share it with me so that I can highlight it in the Creative Corner.
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