Da Vinci Was a Dumpster Diving, Deviant Derelict

Remember where you came from and be careful judging people. Hint: Dumpster Diving has more than one meaning (Information Technology).

Illegitimate love child of a peasant girl and a notary, with an unquenchable curiosity.

Had a sixteen year old teen step-mom.

Was easily distracted.

Left many works unfinished.

Was homeschooled and lacked formal education.

Was persecuted for his sexuality, narrowly beating a sodomy rap, possibly involving one of his male models.

Sometimes he could be such a dick with a raunchy sense of humor; he was a big fan of puns and word games, and Folio 44 of his Codex Arundel contains a long list of playful synonyms for penis.

He was nothing if not a big dreamer.

A universal genius.

A renaissance man.

Theorizing and inventing.

Designer of weaponry.

Talented cartographer.

Inventor of the parachute.

Started out as a musician, an accomplished lyre player.

Many of his theories and inventions were way ahead of their time.

There are over 13,000 recorded pages of his notes, plans, thoughts, and ramblings.

Loved to figure things out; he would have been great on CSI. 

A staunch vegetarian and lover of animals.

Masterful painter, perhaps the best ever; he could paint things no one else could.

His paintings are virtually priceless.

His Mona Lisa is the most famous in  history.

Unusual of a painter, he left no definitive image of himself.

He was a staunch vegetarian and lover of animals

Designed an armored car, a scythed chariot, a pile driver, a revolving crane, a pulley, a lagoon dredge and a flying ship.

The first to explain why the sky is blue.

Figured out why the entire moon is dimly visible when it is a thin crescent.

Wondering what happens if ... after dissecting cadavers, he replaced the muscles with strings to see how they worked.

An ambidextrous, paranoid dyslexic, he could draw forward with one hand while writing backward with the other, producing a mirror-image script that others found difficult to read - which was exactly the point.

A lover of water, he developed plans for floating snowshoes, a breathing device for underwater exploration, a life preserver, and a diving bell that could attack ships from below; in case one had to.

He crushed intelligent design before anyone even thought of it.

Bill Gates bought one of his manuscripts for $30 million.

Next time you're sizing someone up and judging them, first look in the mirror,

then remember ...

... Da Vinci was a dumpster diving, deviant derelict ...

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Da Vinci Was a Dumpster Diving Deviant'
Pete,
Life and people simply are. Not always easy but that approach has worked for me. None of us can claim we have all the answers regarding complex c human beings. We can only judge ourselves. One thing that came up in my mind when reading was that people's life span was so much shorter back then and to accomplish great things had to happen with work early on. This is how people build in their lives and accomplish. Anyhow you made a lot of good points about a period in history and a particular time and place which was amazing.
blessings,
Kathy

[Pete]

true, life spans were so much shorter. you had to be tough and enterprising just to survive. we have so many modern conveniences and advantages and yet we still complain. someone like that is simply a marvel. thanks for sharing kathy ... :)

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Pete,
I wish you and yours a transformational Spring. Today I took off my mask when entering two different places and it felt wonderful. We'll see how things go. Have bought flower and vegetable seed but we are expecting rainy weather for the next while. Again will see. Get out between showers and plant? Hmm.
Bye for now.
Kathy

[Gee]

The world needs nutters and we need more titles like this, great.
Really enjoyed this enlightening piece Pete

[Pete]

they say that there are two sides to every story but many of us never flip the page. there's a not-so-fine line between madness and genius. thanks so much gee. happy thanksgiving ... :)

[LJW]

I believe he was just mad enough not to give a sh** about anything other than what appeared in his limitless mind.
What a blessing. That kind of madness.
That kind of miraculous deviance from the norm.

[Pete]

the world truly needs such people. where would we be without them ... :)

[LJW]

Indeed.
Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs And Englishmen
Now there was a brilliant, mad, possessed performer!

[Great Aunt Astri]

I like the mixture of poetry and narrative. And the format is very dramatic Good read

[Pete]

ty G A A. appreciated.

[andrew mitchell]

Pete, loved this raw in your face as it is in life piece to those who are so judgemental before knowing the circumstances. Great imagery, great writing. You tell em Pete!

[Pete]

andrew you crack me up. you would have been a great asset on the Titanic, keeping everyone laughing whilst ...