Updated Proposal

So... A lot has changed since my original proposition. My last proposal was to do a series of pieces that reflect the underlying flaws of a picture perfect place such as SMU. After struggling to truly understand exactly I was trying to convey, I accidentally stumbled upon a new idea.

I read an article in the Daily Campus that dealt with students abusing ADHD prescription medication to help them study and ultimately perform better academically. Abuse of Adderall and similar medications has become a huge problem not only at SMU, but also at college campuses around the country. It's pretty obvious why students abuse it. Getting better grades has become as easy as popping a pill to help you concentrate. Honestly, who wouldn't want to?

From all of this, I finally feel like I have a solid proposition that I can execute confidently. My new idea in a nutshell is the abuse of prescription medication to find perfection. Modern day society has become reliant on the use of drugs to be better. If you have a cold, take a pill. If you are depressed, take a pill. If you are stressed, take a pill. Cures for nearly all problems that we face in our lives can be taken care of by popping a pill. As I'm sitting here writing this, it's blowing my mind how reliant we all have become on prescription drugs, myself included.

My final proposition will consist of two larger pieces and a series of smaller images. It will basically be a study of Adderall. I want all of them to be composed using charcoal to create a very dark, bleak, black and white mood to the series. The two larger images will be based off of a picture I took of an Adderall bottle tipped over with spilled pills across the table. One will be a neat and clean drawing while the other drawing will be abstract and almost child-like. The smaller images will range from a close up of a pill, a crushed up pill, the bottle... etc.