Michael Gelb

I love that. I love that the contrast between Leonardo and Michelangelo is a wonderful character study of genius, and they both reflect aspects of our own quest to express ourselves and achieve and live our life's purpose. Some of us do it from guilt and shame, like Michelangelo, and some of us do it from love and just passionately

I love that. I love that the contrast between Leonardo and Michelangelo is a wonderful character study of genius, and they both reflect aspects of our own quest to express ourselves and achieve and live our life's purpose. Some of us do it from guilt and shame, like Michelangelo, and some of us do it from love and just passionately

deepest level curiosita so you were in the vatican and no doubt you saw the amazing obviously the the ceiling of the sistine chapel but the judgment of christ painting on the front wall of the chapel with the amazing, powerful figure of Christ sending some people up to heaven, sending everybody else down below. And do you know where Michelangelo is on that painting?

deepest level curiosita so you were in the vatican and no doubt you saw the amazing obviously the the ceiling of the sistine chapel but the judgment of christ painting on the front wall of the chapel with the amazing, powerful figure of Christ sending some people up to heaven, sending everybody else down below. And do you know where Michelangelo is on that painting?

deepest level curiosita so you were in the vatican and no doubt you saw the amazing obviously the the ceiling of the sistine chapel but the judgment of christ painting on the front wall of the chapel with the amazing, powerful figure of Christ sending some people up to heaven, sending everybody else down below. And do you know where Michelangelo is on that painting?

Because, you know, they always put themselves in these paintings. You go back and look at this again. He's hung out. His flayed skin is hung out on a branch, hovering in purgatory, roasting over the fires of hell. So that was Michelangelo's painting of his own self-image. Having said that, he did do the David. and the Pietà.

Because, you know, they always put themselves in these paintings. You go back and look at this again. He's hung out. His flayed skin is hung out on a branch, hovering in purgatory, roasting over the fires of hell. So that was Michelangelo's painting of his own self-image. Having said that, he did do the David. and the Pietà.

Because, you know, they always put themselves in these paintings. You go back and look at this again. He's hung out. His flayed skin is hung out on a branch, hovering in purgatory, roasting over the fires of hell. So that was Michelangelo's painting of his own self-image. Having said that, he did do the David. and the Pietà.

Amazing. So that's just the thing is we can't just reduce them to simple psychological explanations.

Amazing. So that's just the thing is we can't just reduce them to simple psychological explanations.

Amazing. So that's just the thing is we can't just reduce them to simple psychological explanations.

Great, great, great. The dark side of da Vinci is twofold. One is he's been criticized a lot for not following through and actually finishing things. Now, I've defended him because I feel like he was so interested in just pure perfection. He wasn't competing with Michelangelo or other artists. He was competing with God.

Great, great, great. The dark side of da Vinci is twofold. One is he's been criticized a lot for not following through and actually finishing things. Now, I've defended him because I feel like he was so interested in just pure perfection. He wasn't competing with Michelangelo or other artists. He was competing with God.

Great, great, great. The dark side of da Vinci is twofold. One is he's been criticized a lot for not following through and actually finishing things. Now, I've defended him because I feel like he was so interested in just pure perfection. He wasn't competing with Michelangelo or other artists. He was competing with God.

So part of why he couldn't finish things is he couldn't quite get everything as perfect as nature, which is what he wanted to do. He knew he was a genius, and he ultimately didn't really care whether the monks got their altarpiece or not. He thought he was onto something more profound.

So part of why he couldn't finish things is he couldn't quite get everything as perfect as nature, which is what he wanted to do. He knew he was a genius, and he ultimately didn't really care whether the monks got their altarpiece or not. He thought he was onto something more profound.

So part of why he couldn't finish things is he couldn't quite get everything as perfect as nature, which is what he wanted to do. He knew he was a genius, and he ultimately didn't really care whether the monks got their altarpiece or not. He thought he was onto something more profound.

He writes in the margins of his notebook, did I really accomplish anything? Which is kind of amazing when you consider what he actually accomplished.

He writes in the margins of his notebook, did I really accomplish anything? Which is kind of amazing when you consider what he actually accomplished.

He writes in the margins of his notebook, did I really accomplish anything? Which is kind of amazing when you consider what he actually accomplished.