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Illness and the Art of Creative Self-Expression: Stories and exercise from the arts for those with illness and disability Buy Today

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Community&Place Award Winner for the Digitally Lit: Atlantic Canadian Youth Read 2025 Youth Choice Book Awards.What if creativity could be your most powerful medicine?In this inspiring and deeply practical book, physician, scientist, and artist Dr. John Graham-Pole invites readers to rediscover the healing power of imagination, play, and artmaking in times of illness and transition. Drawing on four decades of experience in pediatric oncology, palliative care, and arts in medicine, Dr. Graham-Pole offers engaging exercises and moving patient stories that show how creative self-expression can nourish the body, lift the spirit, and restore a sense of purpose.Featuring a foreword by Dr. Patch Adams and insights from global leaders in arts and health, this updated second edition explores how —regardless of age, skill, or diagnosis—creativity is essential to health and healing.