Second Warhol Blog Post

I found an entry in Warhol's diaries that reveals several different aspects about him:

Thursday, April 25, 1985:
Dr. Bernsohn says he doesn't want to be associated just with crystals because he could lose his license - he said that in Massachusetts people have lost their licenses. But I mean, if you really believe in something, it seems kind of funny if you won't take the consequences.
I'm trying to find another store that sells the sculpture of the Last Supper that's about one-and-a-half feet - they're selling it in one of those import stores on Fifth near Lord & Taylor but it's so expensive there, about $2,500. So I'm trying to find it cheaper in Times Square. I'm doing the Last Supper for Iolas. For Lucio Amelio I'm doing the Volcanoes. So I guess I'm a commercial artist. I guess that's the score. (Warhol and Pat Hackett, The Andy Warhol Diaries, 645).

When reading this entry, it is important to go beyond just the surface details, but to do this in a responsible and respectful way. I suppose each of us might read this entry differently based upon what knowledge we bring to the reading (knowledge about Warhol and knowledge about ourselves). I think what is interesting is that he first talks about Dr. Bernsohn and criticizes him for not being willing to take the consequences for what he believes in. Is he relating this to himself and his own beliefs? The second part, which seems rather unrelated to the first part when you first read it. This is the first time Warhol mentions the Last Supper series in his diary. He complains about the cost of the sculpture of the Last Supper scene he is looking for before even mentioning that he needs it for the Last Supper series he has been commissioned for by Iolas. Warhol may have had a lot of money; however, he remained thrifty throughout his lifetime, often concerned about the cost of various items. At the end of the entry, Warhol claims his identity as a commercial artist. This entry has several different layers that reveal different aspects of Warhol's self. It is still important to ask myself if I am reading this entry the way I want to read it? Can I relate this idea to Warhol's art? Do I see autobiographical aspects in Warhol's art that I want to see? Am I bringing my own self into my reading of Warhol's self?