Grief is complicated — but drawing cartoons can help | Navied Mahdavian

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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With just a few lines, cartoons can say so much with so little. In a moving talk, cartoonist Navied Mahdavian shares his process for distilling huge concepts into drawings on the page — and shows how his work helped him grieve the death of his beloved grandmother, flaws and all.

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