How to See the Miraculous Beauty in Everyday Life
The School of Life
Oct 14, 2026 13:00
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What if the everyday objects filling our homes—our toasters, sneakers, and packaging—are actually the artifacts of a future museum? Andy Warhol famously pointed out that if you lock a department store for a hundred years, it becomes a museum.
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Yet we often reserve our awe only for historically endorsed relics while ignoring the peculiar brilliance of the present. In this film, we explore a revolution in living: learning to view our daily lives not as mundane routines, but as an extraordinary exhibition waiting to be appreciated right now.
"One of the most penetrating things Andy Warhol once said was: ‘If you lock the doors of a department store for a hundred years, when you open them up again, it will be a museum.’ In other words, all those objects of everyday use - our toasters and sneakers, our tights and perfumes - will eventually speak to our successors of an era we don’t even notice ourselves living in..."
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