You should be as good a teacher as Leonardo's mama. He was homeschooled, you know. By a peasant. Rumor has it that Caterina was possibly a slave, bless her heart. Single mom. Baby mama. Not even allowed into the public schools. So how did she ignite a passion for learning in her son?
Well, let me tell you what I think...
It looks like she turned him loose in the fields. Feral child. Reading, basic math, empirical science observation. Leonardo's notebooks say “Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
So your first lesson is to see. Lay on your belly and look at the grass. What is in there? How busy is it? Or why is it not busy? Just how hard are the tiny inhabitants working? What tools does an ant use? What do they do with their dead? Do you see them swinging their heads in confusion when a problem blocks the ant path? How is the light in their world different? Are they interacting with each other?
Draw what you see. No worries about it looking like art, this is for the pleasure of seeing and moving a pencil. Get a small notebook or sketchbook. Leonardo's was about 5x7 and this is an easy size for almost anyone to manuever, even a small child. Keep notes about everything.
So your first lesson is to see. Lay on your belly and look at the grass. What is in there? How busy is it? Or why is it not busy? Just how hard are the tiny inhabitants working? What tools does an ant use? What do they do with their dead? Do you see them swinging their heads in confusion when a problem blocks the ant path? How is the light in their world different? Are they interacting with each other?
Draw what you see. No worries about it looking like art, this is for the pleasure of seeing and moving a pencil. Get a small notebook or sketchbook. Leonardo's was about 5x7 and this is an easy size for almost anyone to manuever, even a small child. Keep notes about everything.
