[New-Poetry] Leonardo the failure

[Anny Ballardini]

some things are right, some are wrong. There was no way Leonardo could sell
a submarine or a jet to a little local lord, that is also why he never made
it, not just out of procrastination and insecurity! And to those who want a
well-ordered society, and here I agree with the end of the article, they are
killing geniality.
Yes, how can we separate laziness from geniality? But just have a look at
the Notebooks.

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:52 AM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

> http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=zs61txc4kwr4kd1q1rjbfxt41952gdmf
>
> His notebooks were crammed with inventions: new kinds of clocks, a
> double-hulled ship, flying machines, military tanks, an odometer, the
> parachute, and a machine gun, to name just a few. If you wanted a new
> high-tech weapon, a gigantic bronze statue, or a method for moving a river,
> Leonardo could devise something that just might work.
>
> But Leonardo rarely completed any of the great projects that he sketched in
> his notebooks. His groundbreaking research in human anatomy resulted in no
> publications — at least not in his lifetime. Not only did Leonardo fail to
> realize his potential as an engineer and a scientist, but he also spent his
> career hounded by creditors to whom he owed paintings and sculptures for
> which he had accepted payment but — for some reason — could not deliver,
> even when his deadline was extended by years. His surviving paintings amount
> to no more than 20, and five or six, including the "Mona Lisa," were still
> in his possession when he died. Apparently, he was still tinkering with
> them.
>
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
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