Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa
The fascination we have had with this painting is due to the gaze of the goddess-like lady which has an expression perfectly balanced between joy and profoundity. It was not all that common for a figure in a painting to engage the viewer so directly, at the time da Vinci painted her. As we gaze at her, the Self seems also to gaze at us. It is an incredibly soothing image which takes one into a state of thoughtless awareness. Italy is the soul of the world, and the Mona Lisa is a depiction of that soul. The subtle serpentine river in the background suggests the nadis or channels that flow in the subtle body within the soul. With the over-reproduction and parodying of this image, it is easy to overlook the revolutionary nature of this work for its time.
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