What did Da Vinci, Tesla, Rumi and Plato have in common?

They were all obsessive inventors. Leonardo invented every day. Any time he wasn't creating art or engineering he was out scaring-up or drumming-up or hustling support for his projects. He gave everything to his art. Tesla invented every day but secretively and eccentrically. He too had to be his own promoter. read more

He too had to be his own promoter. Rumi created himself as a new being expressing radical love. His poems were the record of his invention as much as Leonardo’s famous notebooks or Tesla’s patents—but Rumi’ great invention was Rumi. And Plato was the first and greatest creator of a critical structure of ideas. read more

They were all obsessive inventors. Leonardo invented every day. Any time he wasn’t creating art or engineering he was out scaring-up or drumming-up or hustling support for his projects. read more