A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.
I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.
The day it all changed. The day I stated never to take anything for granted. The day I learned to take charge of my life. It was the day I was diagnosed with cancer.
Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.
Sight is something you take for granted until you think you might lose it.
I think that what art can do is refresh our sense of justice, wake us up to what we've taken for granted in the political realm, as in the other realms.