As I continue work on my graphic memoir (trigger warning: it includes a scene in which I find a dead body), I'm thinking about how I can use different visual styles, maybe even different art tools, to depict the disintegration of my normal mental state into terror as I realized I was in a life-threatening situation.
That got me thinking about how much I've learned about how trauma is processed preverbally and wondering if I could recreate the finding of the dead body scene with no words at all.
Anyhow, I had out the pens and paints, so I decided to draw it all again (for what, the 200th time??). I did not relook at anything I've drawn before, but of course, I remember much of what I've already drawn. So some of these images might look familiar if you've read this blog much before.
Anyhow this was just for fun, messing around to see what I could learn by doing it. There's nothing better than playing with art supplies and seeing what other parts of your brain they might open up!
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