and Heywood McGillicuddy, Chairman:
(photo courtesy of Rebecca Baran)
Local hand model Serena Marie McCarroll, has her photogenic fingers in a lot of pots, and a number of neverending projects on the go. One of her ongoing obessions seems to involve the commemorating of the the time she came down with an ugly case of the shingles, back in 2009.
(illustration by Derek Erdman)
Several artists have been commissioned to capture or otherwise re-create Miss McCaroll's blistering discomfort. Pictured above are variations on the theme by photographer Rebecca Baran and illustrator Derek Erdman. What exactly is to become of the accumulated portraits remains nebulous at the moment.
Ofcourse, the only reason the righteously self-centred M.S.Co. is mentioning this here, on the Company web log, is that the misanthropes can tout themselves among the hired goods entrusted with the lucrative task of preserving Miss McCarroll's misfortune for posterity.
(portrait by the men and women of the Misanthrope Specialty Co.)
This seemed an ideal opportunity for the misanthropes to further hone their Unflattering Portrait skills, as the rest of the Company gradually takes some of the burden of Reverend Aitor's pet project off his shaky hands. A portion of the Company's illustration these past few weeks had been set aside to work on the Shingles Commemoration Project under the good Reverend's tutelage; first at Montréal Hindquarters, then Headquarters in Toronto. The Company's members in the U.S. and Spain have been carrying out their Unflattering Portrait correspondence course with Aitor in their free time.
(photo by Heywood McGillicudy)
The M.S.Co. has been a melting pot of its membership's respective styles and techniques almost from its very inception. Having worked so closely for more than a decade, a cross-pollination of aesthetics and influences is almost inevitable. Previously, however, it has been a gradual and organic group evolution; and scarcely perceptible. This is the first time the Company has endeavoured to have one member's idiosyncrasies eclipse those of the others'.
At the very least, this has been an entertaining exercise for the misanthropes.
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THIS WEEK'S PRODUCTIVITY REPORT
Number of projects initiated: 34
Number completed: 18
Number inducted: 4
Carried over to next week: 4
Number of projects initiated: 34
Number completed: 18
Number inducted: 4
Carried over to next week: 4
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Shingles isn’t a fun virus to get. It starts as Chicken Pox, which people most commonly experienced as a child, but adults can get it too. At a later stage in life, the virus can re-emerge itself as a painful rash called Shingles. It initially enters the body as the Chicken Pox virus (varicella virus) through the nose or mouth usually and immediately attaches itself onto cells of the body, and begins to spread.
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