Research suggests that da Vinci possessed incredibly rare cognitive attributes that allowed him to see, think, write, and visualize in ways that have never been seen before or since. He didn’t learn Latin until his forties, and his long lists of vocabulary in his notebooks suggest that he taught himself. the traditional dominance pattern of one hemisphere lording it over the other does not seem to have been operational in Leonardo’s brain.” Most remarkably, da Vinci was able to accomplish so much with very little education or learning language from an early age. In his book, Leonardo’s Brain: Understanding da Vinci’s Creative Genius, author Leonard Shlain notes that da Vinci’s style of writing is indicative that he accessed two different regions of his brain in his thinking: “Leonardo’s quirks of penmanship strongly suggest that…. As a left-handed writer, he took notes from right to left in a technique known as “mirror writing,” which he may have done in an attempt to keep his notes illegible to anyone other than him.
We know that da Vinci invoked unique systems of note-taking by writing backward. Let’s dive into some of his notebooks and discover five ways we can be inspired by da Vinci’s accomplishments in our own work. Even today, we’re inspired by his unique approach to taking notes, an eclectic mixture of musings, sketches, hidden messages, and to-do lists that have shaped the way that we think about creativity, design, and observation. One of the things that made da Vinci the ultimate Renaissance Man was his prescient observations and copious note-taking.
With just the power of his imagination, he singlehandedly influenced the development of anatomy, geology, civil engineering, optics, and hydrodynamics. Especially revered for his artistic works the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, he also imagined (through his expansive notebook collection) ideas for inventions that would become reality centuries after his death: The airplane, helicopter, calculator, machine gun, spring-powered car, and military tank.ĭa Vinci’s diverse interests and knowledge crossed the worlds of art and science. Mankind has never seen such prolific individual success across such a vast array of fields. Without a doubt, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the most brilliant people to ever walk the planet. In this series, we explore how taking notes can improve your creativity and all the work you set out to accomplish.Īnatomist, botanist, artist, engineer, geologist, inventor, musician, philosopher, polymath, sculptor, scientist, and writer. This post is part of an ongoing series, “Taking Note,” which outlines the history and styles of note-taking.
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