Early cover for Metamorphosis
Old Town Square, through which the family cook used to drag young Franz to school.
Hallway in the Kafka Museum
Now this is what I'm talkin' about. Technical writing to pay the bills. This job was "Preventative Measures Against Accidents Caused by Mechanical Brushes," for the Insurance Institute (1909). Kafka lamented that the 6-9 hour days doing this was soul sucking, in part because he had no energy left for other pursuits. Note that he didn't mention working nights and weekends. More fodder for my manifesto.
These guys get paid to pee in front of the Kafka Museum. Actually, they're moving sculptures, and they are peeing words that I've forgotten but I'm sure Kafka would have loved. There's a great YouTube of the scene here, if you don't mind a bawdy bit of exposition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-IbY85cZk
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