Depressed clothes

Date:

June, 2018

Authors:

Artist’s introduction: ZIKAI is an illustration from China, who loves ceramics and characters. This series was created for those different group, they are eager to get out of this depressed place. It looks like the rebirth of a butterfly, with new life in the beautiful pattern. The reason I chose this picture is as he makes clear in this an introduction to this picture, he was aware that an intense consideration of autistic was not common to healthy people in society. to create a better atmosphere for autistic patients to feel their own existence and better find suitable life track relies on more people know this group, adapt to and accept their existence with a more tolerant attitude, and offer help to them when they are in trouble.

Background introduction: "The whole system and mode of operation of human society today is based on the majority of so-called 'normal' people, and is designed for such a majority of existence, but nature is not a machine, nature will create all kinds of possibilities of life, autistic group is one such existence. In such not design society for them, they will be suffering a lot of not adapt, discrimination and misunderstanding. The feeling, thinking, cognitive style and communication frequency are born with what we call a normal person is different. They are not able to express what they see and perceive in the usual way, and they may be more sensitive than the average person. In such an environment, they gradually feel the strange eyes around them, so they become uneasy and panic, but in fact they have done nothing wrong.

A tool for communication: ZIKAI proposes metaphorical approach to introduce this particular group to the community. The autistic person is likened to a mythical beast with different expressions. There are many images of half man and half beast in all the world mythology since ancient times. Each animal has different way of communication and observation. The image of the ancient existed in the artist’s eyes is a symbol of the group different from normal people in human society, they have their own keen perception, has its own expression and frequency, they also need to get a response.

Comment Whatever means, making the public more caring and understanding of the special groups suffering from mental health diseases, and telling ordinary stories, can increase the goodwill between people and create a better social atmosphere.