My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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Do You Ever Wish You Could Hire a Boss?

Assay: I’m not a huge fan of Andy Warhol’s visual art, but I’m a devoted fan of his writing. (Sidenote: it’s striking how many visual artists are brilliant writers, for instance, I love Eugene Delacroix’s Journal and Edward Weston’s Daybooks). What interests me about Andy Warhol is that he makes seemingly obvious observations in very simple language—and yet, upon reflection, …