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32: Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci • Part 1: The Inner Life of Genius

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The Voice of Creativity at Work

In this note, we are observing Leonardo's creative process at work. If you've ever worked on an ambitious creative project, you recognize this writing. It is the voice of creativity in its explorative early stages. The painting is not yet sketched out. No pigment has been applied to the work. This is a mental sketch. He is visualizing elements which he feels will be important to the whole. In laying out the composition of a scene, Leonardo considers the symbolic meaning of every person's face, body position, limbs, and hands.

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