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LeonardoThe hands which painted the head of Christ and smile on the Virgin Mary's face also designed machines to reap lives as easily as wheat from umbrian plains The mind which pondered the mysteries of flight and motions of complex shapes also toyed with corpses dissecting cadavers for play With canvases gazing in silence and sketchbooks filled with arcane imagery Leonardo continues to amaze us with surprising incongruities |
| Will: | Isn't Leonardo an icon of human intelligence? |
| Kasim: | Indeed, he's an apt personification of our complexities. |
| Nadia: | As long as written history exists, we'll probably ponder about his achievements. |
| Wan-Sze: | No doubt – the love of speculation and desire to make meaning out of contradiction is one of our hallmarks. |
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