Expectations of decreased pain powerfully reduced both the subjective experience of pain and activation of pain-related brain regions.

I'm dedicating this show to him.

And I make paintings that are totally different, and drawing is something different too. That way, I'm not limited, doing the same thing. There's always a thread of the artist in there, though. I just kind of make what comes out.

We don't experience pain in a vacuum. Pain is not solely the result of signals coming from an injured body region, but instead emerges from the interaction between these signals and cognitive information unique to every individual.