I must say, I love Andy Warhol. He was such an odd character, but got so much attention from everyone in society. He changed how a lot of people view art. He even said, "what's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest." It's as if everyone is equal in his eyes when it came to viewing and appreciating his art.
I really like when Andy spoke about driving the California and everything looked Pop on the highways. "Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign the same again." It's as if everything turned into Pop art once you knew what it was and understood it. Nothing was just an object, it was Pop. "The moment you label somthing, you take a step -- I mean, you can never go back again to see it unlabeled." This can apply to life, not just art. I have noticed in almost everything we've read each week, an artist says something about labels, and I feel I can really identify with this, even though I am not an artist. It makes me feel connected to the artist, without ever being an actual artist.
Talking about movies being more realistic than real life...I can see truth in that. The movies are this hour and a half perfection on screen. It brings you in and makes you feel as if life is actually like that, so once you are in the real world again, it doesn't feel as vivid. "The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television -- you don't feel anything."
My favorite thing Andy said in this article is when he talked about being alive is working. "I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do." I think this is so incredibly true, that is takes much more work to keep on living than to just lay down, give up, and die. Being alive is hard and exhausting, but the moments of bliss are worth it all.
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