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A glimpse of reality

Artwork by Andrew Field

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Panel one of a four-panel comic called 'A glimpse of reality', consisting of black line drawing, colour paint effects on a grey and white background. Six wavy black lines undulate across the bottom half of the panel in parallel with each other. Green, purple and orange daubs of paint dot the the whole panel, cutting across the wavy lines. In the top half of the panel handwritten text against a white background says "As I sat in the psych intake, the dissonance reached a peak. I turned to a nurse and asked,"
Panel two of a four-panel comic called 'A glimpse of reality', consisting of black line drawing, colour paint effects on a grey and white background. The crudely drawn head and shoulders of a young man fill most of the panel. He has large eyes, glasses and short uneven hair. He looks into the distance with a sad expression. A speech bubble coming from the figure says "When you said what you said just now, were you secretly talking about spirituality?"
Panel three of a four-panel comic called 'A glimpse of reality', consisting of black line drawing on a white background. The crudely drawn head and shoulders of a figure fill most of the panel. The person has short curly hair, large eyes behind round glasses and a neutral expression. A thick grey line of scribble is painted across most of the face. A line of handwritten text at the very top of the panel reads "She looked up from her desk."
Panel four of a four-panel comic called 'A glimpse of reality', consisting of black line drawing against a white background. The crudely drawn head and shoulders of a figure fill most of the panel. The person has short curly hair, large eyes behind round glasses and a neurtral expression. A very thin feint line of plack scribble is drawn across most of the face. A speech bubble coming from the figure says "no, honey, not at all."
A glimpse of reality. © Andrew Field for Wellcome Collection.

About the artist

Black and white photograph of the head of a young white man with short dark hair and large black-framed glasses. He is smiling and looking into the camera.

Andrew Field

(he/him)

Andrew Field is a cartoonist, poet, singer-songwriter and librarian based in Southeast Michigan. He is currently finishing up a graphic novella about living with schizophrenia called ‘The Light-Haunted Museum’, which can be found on his website.