© 2024 Pulse - Voices from the Heart of Medicine, Inc. All rights reserved.
Self-Soothing
- By Justin Shaw
- visuals
- One Comment

About the Artwork
“Sometimes we must work alone to make sense of our thoughts and experiences. It can be both comfortable and uncomfortable being alone, but taking time to reflect and acknowledge our individual feelings is part of growing.”
Justin Shaw is a third-year medical student at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine of Florida International University, Miami-Dade County. For the past six years, he has been a hobbyist photographer in his free times, interested in capturing animal subjects and landscapes. He enjoys opportunities to venture to new areas and explore the world through the lens of his camera.
Subscribe
Get the latest issue of Pulse delivered to your inbox, free.
Comments
More Visuals
Lead Poisoning
Jessica Faraci February 14, 2025
It’s Complicated
Heather Finlay-Morreale January 31, 2025
Placeholder
Julie Wycoff January 17, 2025
‘Tis Joust a Flesh Wound: A Fiber-Arts Model of Gregor Baci’s Facial Injury with a Lance
Lealani Mae Acosta January 3, 2025
Another Kind of Medicine
M.S. Marquart December 20, 2024
Take a Button
Yixiao Wei December 6, 2024
Remembering My Patients…
Alan Blum November 22, 2024
What Doctors Need to Address the Root Causes of Burnout
Ibrahim Ghobrial November 8, 2024
Pumpkin Brains
Jessica Faraci October 25, 2024
1 thought on “Self-Soothing”
Lovely explanation of a beautiful image, easily overlooked in the everyday. I’m grateful you took the time to notice.