On
November 12th, Molloy welcomed Pizzorusso to speak on the subject of
her new book, Tweeting Da Vinci.
Upon
entering Madison Theater, attendees signed in before taking a seat. The list showed a total of twenty-five
people.
A theater that seats 500 only emphasized a nearly
non-existent audience.
This
did not seem to affect the way Pizzorusso spoke. The short, blonde-haired woman spoke of Da
Vinci as if he were here today as a Bill Gates/Stephen Hawking figure, using
all current technology, including Twitter, to share his mind with the
world.
According
to Pizzorusso, Da Vinci was spectacular in both art and science. Ultimately, she expressed how ideas from
different disciplines are all connected.
Da
Vinci’s anatomy drawings are still used in physiology text books today. He had an accuracy in the observation of
medicine, neuroscience, and a long list of other specialties.
“Da
Vinci tweeted little snippets of things that would later amaze us all,”
Pizzorusso said.
“He
saw something and documented it like a photojournalist,” she stated.
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