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PRINCIPLES
OF GREATNESS:
Find
your ALL-Consuming Desire
By
Destin
 There
are probably few people in history who have
demonstrated the power of passion to the degree that
the Great Leonardo Da Vinci did. Leonardo Da Vinci
(right) was
born in 1452. He was the illegitimate son of a wealthy
Florentine legal advisor and a peasant girl. He was a
painter, sculptor, architect, scientist and engineer.
A true Renaissance man.
Leonardo
studied under Andrea del Verrocchio, the leading
Florentine painter and sculptor of his day, for about
12 years before he became an independent master.
Andrea provided Leonardo with an all round artistic
education, which covered a range of painting and
sculpture techniques. Leonardo went on to paint
some of the greatest works of art known to mankind,
such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
 One
of the things that really seems to emerge from
studying Leonardo’s work and his life, is the
extraordinary amount of passion that he put into
everything he did. Many art critics have mentioned how
Leonardo’s paintings differed from those of other
artists of his time. One significant difference was
the high degree of detail he put into the backgrounds
of his works. If you for instance take a look at the
Mona Lisa, you will see that it has the most
incredible, beautiful and highly detailed
background. [Click on the picture for a
larger view and a surprise]
Secondly
Leonardo spent a considerable amount of time and
energy researching before he would begin a work. His
notebooks are lo aded
with preliminary sketches and studies on various
animals that he wanted to include in his paintings.
(e.g. The Cat Study included on the Right). But his
research didn’t stop there he extended it to
anatomy, optics, physics, mathematics and even fluid
dynamics to name a few areas. All to understand how to
create a better painting. Truly few people in history
have demonstrated such passion for a single
goal.
And this
excludes his other tremendous endeavors, including
singing. It is said that Leonardo could harmonize with
the Angels.
In his
notebooks we discover that there was also a higher
more spiritual dimension to his work. One of his notes
to himself read:
‘Riches
of the Soul surpass, Riches of the Flesh’
Leonardo’s
actions clearly reveal an all-consuming passion for
his work. Leonardo said that one must make one’s
work an Immortal Monument. And this is what we find if
we think about his work today. As we all know he
invented the helicopter almost 400 years ahead of his
time, he also invented the tank and the underwater
diving suite. Surely this was a man of remarkable
intensity and desire. A man who lived his Life Purpose every day.
What can
we learn from all of this?
Magnificent
Lives are created by Magnificent Obsessions
We
all need a magnificent obsession. Einstein had
physics, Bills Gates has computers and Leonardo Da
Vinci had art & science.
If we analyze the lives and works of
the great it is amazing how we so often find them to be works of soul
more than mind or hand. And that is what we need to examine in
our own lives. Are our works aimed at earning a pay
check (or making money) or are our works aimed at
achieving a magnificent purpose? When our lives are
complete, will our works fade away as the grass in the
winter or will they enhance the lives of the
generations to come? The answer to this question will
only be determined by our passion.
In
Everything Truth, Faith and Love
Destin Lucas
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The pictures
used on the page where obtained from the following
sources:
Leonardo
Da Vinci & Mona Lisa Pictures sourced from
Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, Deluxe
Edition
Cat
Study Picture sourced from: http://library.thinkquest.org/3044/adv_skch.html
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