What Leonardo Taught Me About Light

What Leonardo Taught Me About Light

Milan, circa 1495I was in Verrocchio’s workshop before Leonardo was well known and I was in Milan when he was painting the Last Supper and I want to record something specific about what it was like to be in proximity to a mind like his, because it is relevant to...
The Pattern I Keep Recognizing

The Pattern I Keep Recognizing

Present Day, February 24, 2026I have been preparing to speak for longer than most people have been alive. The preparation has looked like silence from the outside. From the inside it has looked like five centuries of watching the same pattern arrive in new clothing...