Transforming Migraine Pain Into Beauty, An Interview with Priya Rama, Migraine Artist

by: Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, Migraine Strategist and Migraine Science WriteI recently had the immense pleasure of meeting Priya Rama, migraine artist and migraine overcomer extraordinaire. Priya “transforms pain into beauty” by painting the images she sees in her mind’s eye while experiencing her migraine.

I have to admit that before I visited Priya, what I felt was a sense of fear. Not that I am a fearful person, but as someone who has battled chronic migraines my entire life, I was afraid that the images Priya painted would bring up horrible memories, or perhaps even instigate a migraine by way of some sort of evil magic (yes it may seem funny now). But I had heard that the migraine images she painted were so universal and so accurate that migraine sufferers around the country looked at them and exclaimed that it was exactly what they saw during their migraine experience.

Turns out there was nothing to be afraid of. Priya’s paintings are breathtakingly beautiful and none of them triggered a migraine or made me feel haunted or sick at all. She does exactly what she claims – turns pain into beauty. Meeting Priya and seeing her art has been a great honor for me. 

 https://headaches.org/priya-rama-migraine-artist/