the Beautiful Brain

This drawing take inspiration from functional MRI imagery of the brain. Emotion is a critical part of our human lives and functional MRI scans are now able to identify distinct patterns within the brain for defined emotion and here we see the hotspot pattern typical for a participant in a happy state. It seems that 21st century cutting edge research is visualising the depths of human feelings.

Just think, when you encounter an act of kindness, we get a cocktail of feel-good hormones being released in the brain that creates a distinct pattern. A simple smile or act of kindness could make your brain happy.

‘The beautiful brain - happy!’, Medium: Ink on canvas,

Dimensions: 122 x 91 cm