[The Prometheus Shot – E012 :: Decoding Leonardo Da Vinci: The Creative Polymath ]
This post is part of the Prometheus Shot series.
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The Polymath.
A man beyond discipline—blurring lines between painting and physics, anatomy and poetry, mechanics and music. He was not just mastering fields—he was weaving them together.
Leonardo created one of the earliest multidimensional mind-maps of human understanding. His notebooks weren’t reflections—they were instruments of an amazingly avant-garde knowledge management system.
Leonardo as performer, illusionist, problem-solver: A man burdened by too much passion and too little time. A genius slowed not by laziness, but by a terrifying precision.
From bridges to flying machines, from theater to war machines, Leonardo shifted roles fluidly—he became the work.
He navigated courts, politics, and fortune with a designer’s mind and a gambler’s nerve.
He was not just a man of his time, but a mirror for ours.
Leonardo the Icon is sculpted by centuries of projection and fascination.
He is the enduring answer to the question—what does it mean to know across boundaries?
Throughout the discussion, we will be guided by the Awareness – Intent – Creativeness model as introduced in The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom (https://ahijazi.website/atlas-worldly-wisdom/)
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Some comments from this episode:
How does Leonardo exemplify the Awareness-Intent-Creativeness triple helix?
What does it mean to be a Polymath?
Did Leonardo build a Knowledge Management System?
Leonardo’s fields of Exploration
Leonardo and Integrating Art, Science, Engineering
Leonardo’s true identity
The Great Fears and persistent procrastination of Leonardo
What does it mean to “happen to things”?
How did Leonardo mobilize systems, networks, and chance?
What made Leonardo the Icon he is?
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Chapters:
- Leonardo, behind the Artist
- Awareness: Leonardo’s Knowledge System
- Intent: A man and his vision(s)
- Creativeness: When one ‘happens to things’
- Reflecting : Leonardo the Icon
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