Da Vinci in Love
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The identity of the lady portrayed in Mona Lisa, the masterpiece of Leonardo Da Vinci, and the secret behind her mysterious smile, is one of the biggest unanswered questions in art history. This is the story of her, and her romance with her creator, the young Leonardo. The story takes us from the land of true lovers, India, to the far east, the heights of mysterious wisdom in China, and sheds some light on the puzzling love story of Mona Lisa and her painter, Leonardo Da Vinci.
Maysam Yabandeh
Dr. Maysam Yabandeh is a computer scientist graduated from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
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Da Vinci in Love - Maysam Yabandeh
The Poem
They wouldn’t return your salute, don’t bother.
Don’t you see the heads are thrust in collars?
It is freezing cold!
Even if you do extend your hand in affection,
Reluctantly they would stretch out theirs from cozy pockets.
For it is winter.
So why bother? ¹
That was it?
she asks him with a disappointed face.
Well, yeah, don’t you like it?
No, no, sure, absolutely,
Silvia responds, I mean, doesn’t a poem suppose to rhyme or something?
This slaps Leonardo in the face, very hard. He cannot believe his ears. He has stopped breathing. It is as if the time has stopped. He is no longer in his body; he is high in the sky, looking down on the whole situation, and trying—very hard—to make some sense out of it. Here he is, the greatest poet alive—at least this is what he thinks of himself—standing right before her, baring his soul, revealing the most profound truth about life itself, in most delicate form imaginable, and there she is, just a woman—granted not bad-looking—trying to fit the masterpiece that is generously presented to her into jingles! Looking for rhymes? F***ing rhymes?!!!
The time resumes again. Leonardo let all the breath out at once, takes a deep breath, and says with grinding teeth: The meaning, the core, the emotions are—
What the fox say, Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Silvia’s cell rings. ‘What Does The Fox Say?’ is the ring tone.
Where are you now?
she answers the phone. I am next to this giant red car. Pete is talking to me.
Leo,
Leonardo jumps in.
What?
My name is Leo.
Yeah,
she responds with a dismissive tone, and turns her face away.
Can you see me now? I am waving my hand,
she says on the phone.
What the fox say? Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho! Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
The song is heard from away, and it is getting louder and louder. Michele in his duchy sports car is approaching. The song is played from the even douchier loud speakers of his car.
Where is my sugar? Theeeere she is,
Michele says the cheesy, played-out line.
What an untalented, illiterate, fake piece of sh**, Leonardo thinks. Cannot even make up his own lines. I bet he can’t even say a full sentence.
His shirt has most of the buttons unbuttoned. Hairy bastard, Leonardo thinks. He has a piece of fabric artlessly wrapped around his neck, might have meant to be an ascot. A giant ‘Giorgio Armani’ sticker is still on the side of his sunglasses. I bet it has fallen off multiple times, but he has used