Artists

Of course he and DaVinci, and Ruben, and Rackham, and so many others are my idols. I saw DaVinci's horse drawings in SF when I was 18. I also saw Rodin's 'The Kiss', which made me weep, and my sister chastised me for it. Oh well.

I love that I write with both hands, mirror images - backwards with the left hand. DaVinci wrote backwards and some writings had to be read in a mirror. Apparently he also had strabismus, it's theorized, which I was born with. So I relate. I was thrilled at about 8 when I read about him, and that I could write backwards with my left hand as well!

M was a bit of a weirdo though. He despised Botticelli. The history is fascinating.