Rectangular sheet of printed academic paper displays preformatted header identifying course title, code, and professor attribution, positioned above a boxed region containing handwritten annotations. Printed section includes the phrase "Student Notes" and instructions directing handwritten entry exclusively within designated boundaries. The central region is densely filled with cursive script and block-letter writing produced with multiple ink colors including black, blue, red, and purple. Highlighting and underlining in pink and violet demarcate categorical divisions, topical headings, or emphasized key phrases. Structural organization proceeds horizontally across ruled lines, but numerous segments are encased in rectangular enclosures formed by hand-drawn frames, creating modular separation of conceptual units. Some passages are marked with directional arrows, linking related concepts across discontinuous zones of the page. Marginal notes extend close to the document boundaries, demonstrating maximal utilization of available surface area.

Upper sections of handwriting reference moral philosophy and applied ethics frameworks concerning human consumption practices, invoking terminology such as "singer," "utilitarianism," and "speciesism." Midsection integrates opposing perspectives and counterarguments, distinguishing between deontological and consequentialist approaches, while additional annotations connect abstract theory to practical dietary contexts. Lower portion presents reformulated statements, condensed definitions, and evaluative summaries of philosophical texts. Recurrent terms are underlined or highlighted for rapid retrieval during study. The page demonstrates layering of annotation through successive sessions, visible in overlapping inks of varying saturation and thickness. Pen pressure differences generate irregular stroke density across lines.

The page edges reveal creasing, small stains, and incidental marks, indicating repeated handling. Background surface consists of heterogeneous textures and stacked paper layers, suggesting placement on a cluttered work environment. A human hand secures the lower left margin of the sheet, maintaining position while photograph is captured, providing anthropometric reference scale. Lighting originates from above, producing shadows across indentations in the writing surface, accentuating relief created by pen pressure. Overall, the sheet functions as a composite artifact combining printed academic template, handwritten annotation system, and color-coded emphasis strategy, demonstrating methods of intensive notetaking, information compartmentalization, and multi-pass textual engagement within a humanities education context.

Alex Boya’s short film Focus is a one-minute representation of the experience of attention deficit disorder (ADD) through the arts, specifically, through short film. From the aesthetic choice of animation and the way the audio and visual elements work together to make meaning, a lot of nuance can be understood about the experience of ADD by looking at these aesthetic elements in isolation.

Watching Without Audio: What ADD Looks Like
Initially the viewer’s focus is drawn to the simple mouth flap animations, but is then interrupted by various non-sequitur animations aggressively transitioning and morphing into the next abstract image. The only moments of clarity in animation style an progression is when the character interacts with what can be assumed to be a medicine bottle the person within the video. These stand-out moments of clarity are important to the experience of any illness but also are indicative of how the medicine helps to clear things up for both the viewer and the character. Other visual elements such as colours are used to highlight important things the watcher can focus on, such as the orange colour of the bottle in contrast to the simple black and white colours of the line art. With just the visuals, one can argue that this a striking interpretation of what ADD looks (or might look) like.

Listening to the Audio Without the Visuals: What ADD Sounds Like
As mentioned in class, the short film fittingly lacks focus – as evident in most obviously in the visuals. Without the visuals, this lack of focus is more evident in the way the feminine voice – which should be the focus without the visuals – continuously gets interrupted and displaced from being at the forefront of the sound experience, often getting drowned out by other miscellaneous noises.

“Toronto’s Stories of Health+illness.” University of Toronto ScarboroughUniversity of Toronto Scarborough, 22 Feb. 2018, https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/projects/torontostorieshealth/2018/02/22/limitations-of-the-chaos-narrative-alex-boyas-focus/.

Storyline Synopsis Summary: A cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder. Plot Keywords: shopping, photograph, brain, shopping cart, baby. Genres: Animation, Short. Country: Canada, Mexico. Language: English. Release Date: 2014 (Canada). Production Company Credits: National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE). Technical Specs: Runtime: 2 min, Color : Black and White, Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1. Directed by Alex Boya. Writing Credits: Alex Boya Produced by: Vanessa Quintanilla Cobo, associate producer. Michael Fukushima, executive producer. Maral Mohammadian, producer. Jon Montes, associate producer. Film Editing by Carrie Haber. Sound Department: Ramachandra Borcar, sound designer. Geoffrey Mitchell, re-recording/sound recordist. Ceit Zweil, foley artist (as Karla Baumgardner). Visual Effects by Randall Finnerty, digital imaging. Animation Department: Alex Boya, animator. Editorial Department: Denis Pilon, on-line editor. Mélanie Bouchard, titles. Éloi Champagne, technical director. Rosalina Di Sario, administration. Dominique Forget, administration. Steve Hallé, technical coordinator. Stephanie Lalonde, administration. Chris Landreth, mentor.