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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Imagination's Tempest

Heavenly muse, what were those songs sung by your illustrious son Leonardo Da Vinci? His lyre first gained him renown before his brush overshadowed all. The silver lyre he fashioned, where lies it now? The notes unrecorded, unread. How must they have delighted and surprised? He, himself was dismayed by the ephemeral in his music. What would humanity gain to bring back these lost triumphs of Da Vinci now. Perhaps as mankind emerges from the earth on pinions fashioned by plasma, we can bring back his genius in song. Thankfully we do have still his instrumental designs to rebuild.
Leonardo's Harpsichord Viola
Leonardo's Portrait of a Musician

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