The philosophy of Andy Warhol offers a deep meaning into Andy Warhol's world perhaps as he would like for readers to see it. His philosophy is filled with views of life, money , art, time, space etc. While reading I found him to be a strange and funny man especially with his little obsessions with his TV, time, perfume etc, It is as if there is an underlying humor throughout by the way he phrases his point. Warhol's reflection about the concept of time is very practical. For example he learns to arrive to his appointment late because whenever he goes to his appointment at exactly ten, he does not get seen until five minutes to one. He also negates the concept that Paris is more esthetic than  New York because New York does not have time to be esthetic because it takes a person half a day to go either uptown or downtown. I totally agree with this idea of beauty. He feels that each person has beauty at different points in life and one should not change his/her beauty  for the sake of avoiding people because in the long run, real beauty remain and will attract someone. Warhol believes that people's thoughts are like spaces in their minds and makes it clear that he prefers big open spaces. He contradicts his belief of open spaces because as an artist, his art takes up people's spaces. Also, I was surprised when he stated that if a person in New York City feels the need for a closet, that should be located in New Jersey. Furthermore, he states how items in the closet should have expiration dates to avoid collection of too many things.
K.Silem Mohammed essay "Excessivism" also focuses on philosophy. The structure of this essay is similar to The Philosophy of Andy Warhol because both works switches between narrative style and disjointed subjects expressing their opinions about life. Mohammed is against the idea of technology. He stated,"While I was writing it I got to thinking about all of the Nintendo merchandise I had. I am guilty of spending money in Beijing"( 931). On the other hand, Mohammed states that excessivism is not wrong but only becomes wrong when it disrupts people's life and school; "dropping out of high school, become a bum and die of alcoholism at the age of 26". In the poem "Cosmic Deer Head Freakout" the repetition of "the camera is pulled back" at the end of stanza 1 and stanza 3 contribute to my understanding of the poem. The camera needs to be pulled back to see what is happening. This poem withhold any sympathy because it integrates the death of a black prostitute with a deer. The use of vivid imagery and word choice describes the head as a disturbed thing " It's a disembodied head called the silly slammer its ugly as sin, also it's eyebrows are purple when punched it yells get a life or get real". Furthermore, the use of simile is used to describe the head. It is compared to being as ugly as a sin.