Creativity is an ability to create something new, intangible, unique.
Renaissance Italy fascinates us, especially since we perceive it as coming from nowhere. Suddenly–from the darkness of Middle Ages–emerges bright and colorful art and productive thoughts. That is how the Italian Renaissance is perceived in popular culture, or used to be perceived, to be precise because that view changes. Historians knew it for quite a […]
Imagine humans in savanna a million years ago. Everything is subject to survival, whether they hunt or listen to stories sitting by the fire. What are these story about? About hunting, of course.
“A single question animates this report: Can we ever expect to understand existence? … Surely someday, we can believe, we will grasp the central idea of it…” John Wheeler.
Today we know how helpful mathematics can be for solving the mysteries of the Universe. Why Leonardo did not use it?
Get hold of a skull. Observe the holes in the substance of the brain. Describe the tongue of the woodpecker and jaw of a crocodile…. Leonardo had an insatiable curiosity, which instructive to anybody who dares to think how the world works.
Being engaged and active in politics seems like the correct behavior of a responsible adult in a democratic society. But Leonardo was involved in politics very little. Meanwhile, he was a very able person, a very perceptive observer, who saw things as they are much better than a vast majority of other people. And yet, […]
Leonardo Da Vinci conitnue to impress with its abilities. His biography by Walter Isaacson brought him closer to us and resolved many “mysteries.”
Tarkovsky overwhelms the viewer. He may even frighten by the depth of his vision. But not everybody shares his worldview. Tarkovsky looks for a kindred spirit, not for the followers. His quest is to create together.
Life wisdom comes to each of us only with time, after one tried everything he dared, and failed, and succeeded, and failed again.
Why is he so enigmatic and still so appealing? Is it because of his monsters? Or because of his scary images of consequences for the sinful behavior? Or his bold assessment that our well-established order just does not make sense? We are all in his paintings even if we do not want to acknowledge it.