![Detail of <em>Druksland</em>, Michael Druks cartographic self-portrait.](https://assets.atlasobscura.com/media/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvYXNzZXRzLzlmMmViMTdlNGVlNjlkNzRhYl9EcnVrc2xhbmQgY3JvcCAxLmpwZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA5MSAtYXV0by1vcmllbnQiXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIjEyODB4PiJdXQ/Druksland%20crop%201.jpg)
Young writes: Outlining the shape of his head, Druks’ conceptual map incorporates features you would see on a topographical map, including coordinates, bodies of water, and a map legend. Yet the map also serves as an unconventional self-portrait, the coordinates corresponding to major life events, significant people, and important institutions. Druks shows how the contours of a face could be a more complex terrain than any geology on Earth.
This is an interesting example of a medium where cognitive mapping and life histories may meet.