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thewatchmakerLetter #9 - to someone I wish I'd met - Leonardo da Vinci
Dear Leonardo,
You were the greatest thinker, inventor and dreamer to have ever been born. Whenever I read one of your journals, I am awestruck by your brilliance. Your need to understand, to explore and know rivals my own. So few people recognize your greatness as more than the painter of the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, but they should.
I wish I could have met you and picked your brain. To speak with you about science and engineering would have been a dream come true.
Sadly while I could time travel back to meet you, sir, I cannot. Unlike many of my contemporaries with that ability, I know the dangers of causing a change in history that creates yet another alternate reality is not acceptable. My curiosity will have to be sated reading your many journals. Luckily I have no trouble reading your backward mirror image writing.
Most people think of Einstein as the great brain, but for me, Leonardo, that title is yours.
Sincerely,
Gabriel Gray
The Letter Blog
Dear Leonardo,
You were the greatest thinker, inventor and dreamer to have ever been born. Whenever I read one of your journals, I am awestruck by your brilliance. Your need to understand, to explore and know rivals my own. So few people recognize your greatness as more than the painter of the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, but they should.
I wish I could have met you and picked your brain. To speak with you about science and engineering would have been a dream come true.
Sadly while I could time travel back to meet you, sir, I cannot. Unlike many of my contemporaries with that ability, I know the dangers of causing a change in history that creates yet another alternate reality is not acceptable. My curiosity will have to be sated reading your many journals. Luckily I have no trouble reading your backward mirror image writing.
Most people think of Einstein as the great brain, but for me, Leonardo, that title is yours.
Sincerely,
Gabriel Gray
The Letter Blog
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