MAESTRO'S MARVELS

Da Vinci - The multi-faceted polymath who has been the greatest inspiration for people for aeons. The admirable quality that I found in this Genius is the fearlessness that enabled him to explore and gain expertise in various areas exhaustively. He created the intellectual freedom for everyone to feel empowered to create a society of free thinkers, express without inhibitions and feel confident about choosing the mode of expression in a non-judgmental way.

"I am not good at this thing" is a statement I hear every now and then from my students in class. Some of them would say this spontaneously even without trying out that particular engagement. I had to really push them to give it a go, provide them examples of similar work, share my experiences or give them the comfort to practice by practising along with them. Leonardo never seemed to have this midblock and was very open to being experimental with his thoughts. Sometimes I had even taken the maestro's paintings, rough sketches with annotations, anecdotes and unfinished diagrams that represent the sheer brilliance of creativity that is bundled up in the human mind. His expressions were artistic outcomes of raw, uncensored observations. The 7 Da Vincian principles truly act as interesting outlets of contemplation and reflection. This book wonderfully draws stimulus from the maestro's life experiences and elaborates it into meaningful lessons to boost our metacognition, acting as powerful takeaways for generations to come.

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Unknown said…

Wow.. Truly inspiring...

November 1, 2019 at 6:15 AM

THE CASTLE OF HOPE AND FAITH!

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MOVIE REVIEW-POSSUM

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Directed by: Dan Gilroy Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo Toni Collette Tom Sturridge Natalia Dyer Daveed Diggs Billy Magnussen John Malkovich Velvet Buzzsaw is a fascinating supernatural art thriller. Art and Crime always make a deadly combo. A group of fine art sellers play dirty politics to heap money by selling and promoting artists in Miami. Some tragic events begin to happen when Josephina, the assistant in the Art gallery discovers a set of mysterious paintings of her neighbour Dease after his death. The greedy art sellers decide to sell Dease's paintings for an outrageous price. Upon inspection they also discover Dease's scary past the material he had used to create his paintings was not just paint but something more ghastly. The movie ends with a strong message that warns the world of the scams behind the Fine art business. ஓவிய நுண்கலையில் ஆர்வம் உள்ள சில கலைக்கூடங்கள், சிறந்த ஓவியங்களை தேர்ந்தெடுத்து கண்காட்சிகள் நடத்துகின்றன . அதன் மூலம...

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