What does it take to create a masterpiece?

Eccentricity? Genius? Originality?

What if laziness, insanity, and a general lack of respect could do the trick?

I guess it depends on what your definition of “masterpiece” is.

Lately – if you’re perusing for inspired disgust – there have been some real works of brilliance. Surprisingly, a local virtuoso topped the list.

“Cat Scratch Fever in White” is not only an acclaimed work of performance art, it is in fact its own real-life exhibit located in Preston. This eye-opening story is the living depiction of a man who struggled courageously in the depths of winter to survive among the dozens of pets and farm animals he willfully neglected. This gallant individual sat for months surrounded by heaped-over litter boxes, garbage piles, scattered feces and 17 cats that were ravenous from starvation. In the end, our hero was rewarded with freedom from his self-imposed prison, and his furry enemies were left to cower and die in the cold. Hurray!