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 The rarity of people gifted in both arts and science - the creative geniuses. Little did I know Leonardo’s full time job was an engineer, scientist and part time job was an artist. Throughout his life, Leonardo was portrayed as obsessively curious and intensely observant. His cross-disciplinary brilliance made him known as the quintessential The Renaissance Man. 

I picked up his journal interpretation last week and I’ve got Walter’s Isaacson’s copy of him for this week. There are very few people from the past and in today’s time who would fit into this category - and their brain just works differently. 

Here’s Leonardo Da Vinci to-do list - it's quite something. His thirst for information and knowledge is something else.  He writes all he wants to achieve and underlines it, and how he plans to achieve it. I'm guessing the latter is a variable factor in achieving his goals, ie one way or another.  


https://m.primal.net/IwnQ.jpg