Accredited as the provenance of creative art and appreciated for its verisimilar mimetic virtues, drawing is a cathartic form of visual art. Specifically, the curative utility of drawing is anchored on its multifaceted health-enhancing qualities. Drawing is often practised either as a technique of narration, as in visual communication, or as a therapeutic exercise, as in clinical contexts. Interestingly, in the field of graphic medicine, which is a productive intersection of comics and medicine, drawing is practised both as a narrative technique as well as a mode of therapy. Analysing scenes of drawing in selected graphic medicine memoirs such as David Small’s Stitches: A Memoir (2009, New York: W.W. Norton & Co) and Katie Green’s Lighter than My Shadow (2013, London: Random House), this article investigates how these graphic medical narratives offer an insight into the healing potentials of drawing. This article uses the term ‘drawing’ in two distinct yet interrelated senses: one is the process of drawing which denotes the depiction of the artist himself/herself involved in the act of drawing, and the other is the end product of drawing such as the picture/image or painting. By elaborating the psychological benefits of drawing, the article also brings into relief how the act of drawing facilitates self-reclamation by assisting patients or traumatized individuals in resolving their chaos through creative expression.

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“我要生活，我想绘画”：绘画与图形医学的诗学

绘画是视觉艺术的一种宣泄形式，被公认为是创意艺术的出处，并以其类似的模仿美德而受到赞赏。具体而言，绘画的治疗功效基于其多方面的健康促进品质。绘画通常是作为叙述技术（如在视觉交流中）或作为治疗性练习（如在临床环境中）来实践的。有趣的是，在漫画与医学的有效交集的图形医学领域，绘画既被用作叙事技术，也被用作治疗方式。分析选定的图形医学回忆录中的绘画场景，例如David Small's Stitches：A Memoir（2009年，纽约：WW Norton＆Co）和Katie Green的《比我的影子轻》（2013年，伦敦：Random House），本文研究了这些图形医学叙事如何提供对绘图的治疗潜力的见解。本文在两种截然不同但相互关联的意义上使用了“绘画”一词：一种是绘画过程，它表示画家自己参与绘画行为的描绘，另一种是绘画的最终产品，例如绘画。图片/图像或绘画。通过阐述绘画的心理益处，本文还使绘画行为如何通过帮助患者或受创伤的个人通过创造性表达解决混乱的方式来促进自我辩护而感到宽慰。一个是绘画过程，它表示艺术家自己参与绘画行为的描绘，另一个是绘画的最终产品，例如图片/图像或绘画。通过阐述绘画的心理益处，本文还使绘画行为如何通过帮助患者或受创伤的个人通过创造性表达解决混乱的方式来促进自我辩护而感到宽慰。一个是绘画过程，它表示艺术家自己参与绘画行为的描绘，另一个是绘画的最终产品，例如图片/图像或绘画。通过阐述绘画的心理益处，本文还使绘画行为如何通过帮助患者或受创伤的个人通过创造性表达解决混乱的方式来促进自我辩护而感到宽慰。