Bosch Work Memes: Typing bird-god words per minute

May 1, 2016 11:18 AM

The feverish apocalyptic stylings of Hieronymous Bosch are detailed, and oddly fitting of various workplace. To better appreciate the individual characters in his pieces, and how they may provide a mirror to office life, gaze upon the Bosch work memes tumblr. Also available via Twitter and Facebook [via mefi projects]
posted by filthy light thief (14 comments total)

I saw that forth image in person! The reason there's a big werid bush near Jesus is cause it was a painting of the guy who commissioned the painting but then he flaked so bam he's a bush now.
posted by The Whelk at 11:29 AM on May 1, 2016 [6 favorites]

The lord works in mysterious ways.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:33 AM on May 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

This is so swell.

I was moved to make this a while ago (just before a cataclysmic friends list purge, oddly enough.) It's Michelangelo, but with what I'd consider Bosch-quality demons.
posted by Fantods at 11:49 AM on May 1, 2016 [7 favorites]

@The Whelk: It's John the Baptist, not Jesus, but here's the donor portrait below the weird shrub thing.
posted by sukeban at 11:52 AM on May 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

I saw that forth image in person! The reason there's a big werid bush near Jesus is cause it was a painting of the guy who commissioned the painting but then he flaked so bam he's a bush now.

Same thing happened with the guy who commissioned Exodus.
posted by Sys Rq at 12:42 PM on May 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

I was going to wonder if there was some sort of coherent meaning to the plants and monsters, the way you can identify Catholic saints by what they're holding, but I guess there's no point now that I know "John the Baptist reclines next to a poisonous eggplant" symbolises "I didn't get paid for drawing this."
posted by Joe in Australia at 1:47 PM on May 1, 2016 [5 favorites]

Same thing happened with the guy who commissioned Exodus.

it burns! it burns!
posted by kokaku at 1:56 PM on May 1, 2016

An old boyfriend once imagined a conversation with Bosch: "if you told him that was a phallic symbol, he be like bullshit, that's two ears with a pocketknife, you moron."
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 2:20 PM on May 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

Hieronymous BOSCH (by Chris Madden from a recent Private Eye magazine)
posted by chavenet at 2:22 PM on May 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

Chavenet holy crap. So I am both the creator of Bosch Work Memes and also work for a competitor of Bosch (not in consumer) so that basically encompasses everything I do.
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 4:25 PM on May 1, 2016 [8 favorites]

MetaFilter
posted by iotic at 5:21 PM on May 1, 2016

That "Case of the Monday" is getting used in some emails soon.
posted by pattern juggler at 11:15 PM on May 1, 2016 [1 favorite]

And of course exit through the gift shop wearing your own Bosch memento, with the Doc Marten Heaven and Hell collection.
posted by mfoight at 5:38 AM on May 2, 2016

Just like "Christ, what an asshole", I'm enjoying the all-purpose uses for "Hi, I'd like to be add you to my professional network on Linkedin." Also, if someone was bringing me a giant, medicine-ball-sized strawberry, you bet your ass I'd add them to my Linkedin.
posted by mhum at 4:20 PM on May 2, 2016 [1 favorite]