final poster (Monika)

final poster

I did it in Illustrator as well but for some reason I couldn't send it, and it was missing all these files. Plus I liked my Photoshop one better.
It basically is making fun of ADD/ADHD medication for kids. I am highly opposed to western medication and its philosophy of popping a pill at the slightest sign of abnormality. It often doesn't help cure the problem, and if it does, it's only short term and has tons of nasty side effects. Instead, we should focus on what is actually making someone sick in the first place and work on identifying that issue and then on to balancing the person. For example, with depression, people take Prozac or Zoloft, and though it may help a little, it's only a short term solution to a long term problem, and it is known to take away your personality (it turns you into a zombie). My mom's friend committed suicide because her doctor upped her dose of Prozac. So it goes to show that these types of meds do not solve anything. When it comes down to it, people should work at identifying patterns in their lives that are making them sick/depressed/hyper etc. and then correct it in a healthy way. Taking pills should be a last resort. In my poster, which was originally an advertisement for hyperactive ADD kids to take the drug "Adderall" I made an entirely new design in photoshop, but included the main text for the drug. I changed the "It may make you devoid of personality" though. I know people who have been on Adderall and Prozac, and they aren't the same individuals when they aren't on those medications. They sleep a lot more, are more irritable and subdued, to name a few. Plus they weren't as fun to be around! But they did say they concentrate better. I guess it comes at a price. I myself was diagnosed with a form of passive ADD when I was twelve, but my mom never believed in giving us those types of drugs (being the hippy she is..). I'm glad she didn't because I've had to work extra hard in school and found a learning style that works for me. It is possible to overcome ADD without medicaton, and eventually everyone grows out of it. I believe taking medications like Adderall are like choosing the easy way out. The problem is still there, it's the medication that masks it. And at a certain point they'll come off the medication and start having problems adjusting to normal life. A big part of ADD/ADHD is caused because of our modern media culture of a dozen thrill rides a minute, so to speak. No wonder kids these days are so spazzed out. It's because they don't get enough attention at home, play video games, watch too much t.v. and don't play outside. They're not as socialized as before. Whatever the reason, our culture is contributing to the ADD problem. America makes an enormous amount of profit over medication, and in most cases what doctors prescribe is totally wrong or unnecessary.
What Adderall and it's related medication does is control you, keeping you locked in a warped zombie state, fit only to make you focus more in school. It also gives you antisocial tendencies, and makes you devoid of emotion and personality. But hey, at least maybe you'll get B's..

Posted by Monika Chan on December 13, 2007 10:44 AM | Permalink

Monika

Art 410 - Conceptual Strategies, Fall 2007

final poster

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