One woman's personal account of migraine disease and the unusual
visualization techniques that she has developed to ease her pain and
suffering.
In the response to persistent, severe migraine
headaches, Constance Dry began conjuring mental images that she calls
"memoryscapes." These memoryscapes, inspired by the landscape of
Circle Z Ranch where she has spent time since childhood, have helped
alleviate
the pain of migraine. In In Search of Circle Z, Dry describes the
relationship
between the images in her mind and habitat dioramas, specifically those
in the American Museum of
Natural History in New York. Through a series of photographs, drawings,
and
mini-dioramas, she illustrates their similarity and explains how her
mental
images work to provide a place of refuge from pain. Illustrated with
photographs throughout.