ARTS 1311 Reading #4

Nothing to lose

1. How is Warhol able to turn in “off” and based upon the article does he not care about the work?

I believe that Warhol cared enough to keep creating work throughout his life but based upon the article it seems that he doesn’t have any kind of emotional connection with his work. Not having an emotional connection with his work ties into his philosophy of “It really doesn’t matter” which just simply states that anything could happen and he could care less about it.

2. Why is the article relevant to the last project?

This article relates to the last project because Warhol is detached from the entire world which is how we should be towards our shelter. Since our shelters are an impermanent thing we shouldn’t be trying to build a deep connection with it.

Personal Reflection

 1. Do you become self-conscious of your ideas?

I would have to say that from time to time I do get self-conscious about my ideas, because I’m not entirely sure if everyone else is going to accept them the same way I do, or if they’re just going to completely dismiss and crush them. The last thing anyone needs is to have their ideas trashed by another person.  But I only usually feel self-conscious on ideas that I’m not too sure about.

2. What do you think of the nothing-to-lose attitude? What are it’s pros and cons?

I was actually quite fascinated by his nothing-to-lose attitude because I have a similar mentality for certain things. Like for example I enjoy having and making new friends whom I share common interest with, but if one day they decide not to be my friend I’m not going to argue and try to stop them; I was fine before they came into my life and I’ll be fine without them in my life. Some pros with this kind of attitude is that if something unexpected happens it won’t bother you; you’ll just go along with it. However, having this attitude might you seem cold hearted because you’re completely detached from the world and your emotions.

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