현대미술에서 예술가들은 미술을 상처(trauma)에 대한 정신적 치유뿐만 아니라 사회적 측면에서 인간과 환경을 제도가 부정적인 것으로 배제하고 억압해 버리는 부분을 예술작품들이 드러냄으로써, 사회를 더 건강하게 만드는데 기여하였다고 주장하였다(윤정희, 2009). 여기서 치유는 한 개인의 영적, 정신적, 그리고 신체적 질병 또는 불완전한 상태가 전인적으로 건강한 상태로 회복되는 것을 말한다((Petersen, 2000).
Chusa, Kim Jeong-hee(秋史, 金正喜 1786-156) is a great scholar in the field of poetry writing, calligraphic writing and painting, and a stone monument inscriptions by searching for truth based on facts. He's in charge of the top positions, 'Daesaseong(大司成)' in Sungkyunkwan(成均館). He is a literary man that combined scholarship with the art of the late Joseon(朝鮮). He is being referred as the most outstanding literary man through his painting the Saehando(National treasure No.180). In this picture, Chusa demonstrates rich antique integrity and embodies charm. The dugout mud hut, the window, the old pine tree and 'the big cone pine trees' on the Saehando are symbolic for his literary spirit. In this study, I demonstrated on the healing energy of art through Chusa's drawing the Saehando for himself the process of self-healing, to finally be crystallized with his mental state that was went through true, good and beautiful (眞ㆍ善ㆍ美). The message of the role of healing transcends time and space as a cultureal communication for both the current and the past. In conclusion, this study demonstes the self-healing in Saehando. Art has a self- healing function. Furthermore, this study provides evidence for the healing function of Art. Implications for this study lie in the analysis of korean painting rather than foreign paintings.