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Social machinery

Watercolour painting of a person crying in front of an old, large, and clunky machine labeled 'Soul grinder 2000'. Two humanoid 'counsellors' are attached to the machine.

I drew this picture after a particularly inhumane meeting with a "medical counsellor". I was in the middle of a bad burnout. The "counsellor", appointed by my "mutuelle" (a state-sponsored health insurance organisation), suddenly decided I was fit for work - which I wasn't. There ensued a long and absurd administrative battle that Kafka himself couldn't have made up.
(There is a follow up to this painting called "In court".)

The "conseiller FOREM" is a job seeking advisor.
The "médecin conseil" is the medical "counsellor".

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© Sasha Muhn 2026. Happy for you to share as long as you give credits. Try to make money off any of it and I'll sue your ass.