In Praise of Shadows by Liu,Qiu-Tong 's Dissertation of Artistic Creations
Repetition is the growth method of various texts in human culture, and it is also the basic building block of art. This thesis is the author's creation from 2016 to 2022. The first part of this paper is a theoretical study, and through the author's own experience of illness, discusses the stigma of mental illness and the reasons for the stereotype that art creators are prone to mental disorders. Through the case of artists using repetitive behaviors to create, to explore how to use creation to achieve self-healing, and the definition and impact of repetition. The second part is the author's creative practice, recording how the author, with the assistance of professional psychological counseling, practiced self-healing through graffiti in art therapy and started to create again.