Cherrenic Procrastinator: Leonardo Da Vinci

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he told us he was,“A CHRONIC PROCRASTINATOR”.

As soon as she spoke those words I knew she couldn’t have been an artist herself.

Artists by nature don’t look for simplistic truths. Artists look for nuanced explanations. They look for the gray zones.

And she missed the gray zone in Leonardo’s supposed procrastination.

A procrastinator is someone who can’t start a creative project.

Leonardo da Vinci was someone who couldn’t stop starting creative projects.

He was not a chronic procrastinator. He was a creative polygamist.

We’ll get back this painting in a moment. First, let’s enter the gray zone.

The Difference Between Starting And Finishing

People love to talk and think and dream of starting. People love to fantasize over the idea of

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