The Da Vinci Coding of the Oedipal Complex into Freudian Intellect

Perfectionist or procrastinator? You make the call. It seems almost certain that one of those descriptions suits Leonardo Da Vinci better than the other. Following his death, Da Vinci left behind many unfinished paintings and notebooks filled with scribbles of inventions he never got around to building. Leonardo prodigious talents have long been a source of consternation for most of the mere mortals who have followed his path, whether in the pursuit of artistic expression or scientific progress. Leonardo seems to have attempted too many different and varied enterprises to do all of them perfectly and as a result he abandoned a significant number of his undertakings. The notebooks that Da Vinci left behind disclose an exceptionally alert and incisive mind swimming with so many fantastical initiatives that it would have taken several lifetimes to bring just the realistic to fruition. As a result of what he did accomplish and the truly breathtaking scope of what he intended to accomplish, for most of his legacy Leonard Da Vinci has been relegated to that airy sphere of the genius, removed from the rabble of consistent mediocrity. For this reason, Da Vinci's image has tended to withstand contemporary assaults and interpretations through the ages. Safely removed to a period considered among the heights of human achievement, it has always been easier to simply dismiss any realistic examination into the psyche of his mind by explaining him inadequately away as a genius.