Master Leonardo

Today is Leonardo da Vinci's birthday. He was born in Anchiano near Vinci, Italy 553 years ago (1452 AD) and lived much of his childhood years in Florence. An illigetimate child, his father, Ser Piero da Vinci, was a young lawyer and his mother was likely a slave girl. He was a talented artist, architect, engineer, inventor, anatomy(although he liked to dabble more in the study of cadavers than the living) and science.

He is among my inspirations. In life, he lived hidden away from the public and was ridiculed by many for his 'strange' lifestyle. His sketches and notations, kept in notebooks that are now on display at museums around the world, display visions of the future, concepts far ahead of his time, as well as images and ideas of beauty and wonder.

Happy birthday, Master Leonardo!