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Learning From Leonardo
How to be more like him? 1-5
Be curious
He says we should question everything even, even the smallest thing, even though it isn't completely necessary to know it
Seek knowledge for its own sake
Learn and investigate new things, it doesn't matter if it's not useful at all, it could help for the future
Retain a childlike sense of wonder
Be careful to not lose our sense of wonder and keep asking yourself even the smallest things
Observe
We should observe all the small details of things that happen in our lives, and then wonder why
Start with the details
When you observe something you have to do it carefully and starting with each detail.
Was Leonardo da Vinci a Genious?
The things that he painted were enough to prove his genious, like the Mona Lisa, but also his unfinished masterpieces and inventions proved his genious as well, he was also self-thaught.
How to be more like him? 6-10
See things unseen
He used to create performances and plays, and he mixed theatrical creativity with fantasy, that helped him to make new ideas
Go down rabbit holes
He thoroughly investigated questions he asked himself, he recorded 730 findings about the flow of water and listed 67 words that described different types of moving water
Get distracted
He was very curious and his curiosity caused him to get distracted because of small things, so it made his mind richer and filled with more connections.
Respect facts
We don't have to be afraid of being wrong, because when he was wrong with his theories he abandoned them and went for new ones.
Procrastinate
He stared at his art for a long time, and then only made one stroke, because he was thinking how would it become better, and it gave a great result.
How to be more like him? 11-15
Let the perfect be the enemy of the good
He didn't conform when his art was ''good enough'' he said there was always something to improve so his art could be perfect
Think visually
We should still visualize things like they are difficult even if it's very easy to do like mixing paint colors, so we don't lose our appreciation.
Make connections
He made connections with sience and art because he said science was an art and that art was a science, so he always believed they were the same thing
Attempt things that you can't achieve
We should try to think about how to build or make something that we think we aren't capable to achieve, and learn why wouldn't we achieve it.
Use your imagination
He thought about creating things that he wasn't capable of by blurring the like between reality and fantasy
How to be more like him? 16-20
Create for yourself, not just for others
He didn't accept to paint the portrait of a powerful and rich woman, instead he painted the portrait of a silk-merchant's wife, and he never delivered it to her.
Collaborate
He colaborated with many other painters, they did the painting so good it was hard to tell who made which stroke
Make lists
Make lists of what do you want to do in your life, even the weirdest ones.
Take notes, on paper
We should take notes for everything, so our notes can be useful to us and maybe useful to someone else in the future
Be open to mystery
He put many weird things in his lists that he didn't need to know but he was very curious about.