Critical Analysis of Drawings on Tile: Part IV of a Series

While we are studying for the USMLE and learning about child psychiatry, we don't want to leave our dear blog readers without art to critically analyze. Here is part IV of the series:
Farrah: The degree of jaundice here implies pancreatic cancer. Very hard to cure. This child is very ambitious, very ambitious indeed. Also that shot looks like a pen.

Mariam: You totally couldn't cure cancer with a simple "shot" to the hand. You'd need central line access shit to "cure" cancer AT THE VERY LEAST.

--by Farrah and Mariam, one of us saw Julie and Julia, and it reminded her of us, in our infinite narcissism

Meet Farrah

Several people commented that it may not be politically correct to critically analyze the drawings of children, so in an effort to make things fair, I present a series of my own drawings. I am doing an independent study in pathology, studying for the USMLE in the library of my childhood home, surrounded by many hardcover books. In a cabinet underneath one of the many shelves, you will find some soft cover books written by and pictures drawn by me and my little sister. Since any distraction from Crush Step 2 is welcome, I browsed through this cabinet and found out a few things about myself. This project was a self portrait with a short biography at the bottom. It hung on the wall of my elementary school in September 1992.

"September 15, 1992

My Best friend is Victoria. My favorite book is Little me mo's Pizzra. When I grow up I want to be a doctor. I'll never forget when I went to Iran for the first time. The hardest thing to do for me is math. I feel happy when I am at home. If I could go anywhere in the world I'd go to Orlando, Florida. I like to read."

This biography is somewhat accurate. The thing that surprised me the most is that I said I wanted to be a doctor when I grow up. I was almost positive that I made that choice my sophomore year of college. I guess I have always wanted to be a doctor. I really wish I could use this stuff for my personal statement. In terms of the artwork, my critical analysis found that the nose holes look extra weird, and there is some sort of hemifacial hypertrophy. Anyway, if I wrote the same type of biography today, it would look like this:

"August 10, 2009

I have a super awesome friend named Tor. The Harry Potter books are some of my favorites. When I grow up, I want to be a pediatrician. I forgot most of what happened when I went to Iran for the first time. The hardest thing for me to do is statistics, but I used to be really good at calculus. I feel happy when I am at home. If I could go anywhere in the world, I'd go to Venezuela and see Victoria falls. I like to read."

Hmm... not much has changed.

--By Farrah, who's got more childhood drawing and hospital tiles to critically analyze!