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Submitted to the Second Migraine Art Competition (child) Main theme: Child Second theme: Aura 
Tags: Child artist, visual disturbance, words, distorted vision, shimmer, zigzag, pain, multi-coloured, halo, male artist, lines, missing vision. Artist notes: Title: 'Migraine Madness'. 'The drawings show the stages of my migraine attacks; Firstly a slight disturbance occurs (1) until the attack reaches its 'peak' (5). After the attack visibility is still limited due to a 'mist' that occurs. My average attack lasts about three days, resulting in a penetrating headache. The tree in my drawings depicts disturbance on any objects. Artist, age 16 from the South East and London.

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