Migraine Mini: Side Effects Include Dry Mouth

Adequate hydration is important; the brain is something like 73% water. I never feel like I can hydrate enough! Every time I wake up from a nap I say "Time to rehydrate my brain flakes!" because they feel like dry cereal. I'm on so many meds, several of which impact thermoregulation. I'm just always thirsty. But also I have ADHD and I forget to drink water. Sigh…

For this piece I sprinkled the desiccant packet from a bottle of my meds over the swipe of ink to create the dotted pattern. I repeated this a couple times before accentuating the dots with white ink.

"Side Effects Include Dry Mouth" 4×6 inch mixed media on canvas.

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This series is as much about the issues of drug prices as it is about my life with migraine disease. My maintenance medication has a sticker price of $1200 per month. Why do they cost so much? I assume they are made of gold… so I crafted these little golden pills. So each of 30 completed works of art costs as much as one day of my migraine meds: $40

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