Jiří Charvát

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In the same spirit of redirecting our attention, Andy Warhol made a video of himself eating a hamburger. He is trying to get us to practise a mental habit: feeling that the things we do in our daily life are interesting and worthy of note. Warhol wants us to realise that we are already living an appealing life – to stop being down on ourselves, and ignoring ordinary experiences – filling up a car with petrol, dropping something off at the dry cleaners, microwaving a premade meal … We don’t need to fantasise about other places. We just need to see that the things we do all the time and the
Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today (The School of Life Library)
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