I've been toying with idea of doing a series of photographs using prescribed drugs. A mosaic of sorts using these pills works on a couple of different levels. At the simplest, pills are pleasantly shaped, and by using a range of colours and shapes, one can create a striking design. Note the cute heart-shaped pills and green bottle ones in the adjacent photos. If one were to take things a little further, one can echo mandala patterns. Interestingly, one of the pills I used in the photographs reminded me of Shiva's third eye.
On another level, drugs are now part of most people's lives. We sometimes take drugs as often as we eat meals. However, medicine has obvious associations with poor health and hospitals. Then there's the commercial side with Pharmaceutical companies sometimes seen as greedy, heartless behemoths that make money from human pain by overcharging for their products. The debate about pharmas influencing doctors to prescribe their drugs by giving gifts and free trips is also now raging in India.
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