Leonardos "vitruvian man" stands for a fusion of the ethereal and the material worlds. It is also, on an artistic level, an image of perfection.
a human being as the centre of the circle and the square. Squaring the circle, in a sense.
Making the impossible possible. Symbolizing the innate potential of mankind- a UNIVERSAL potential. a vision of(understood in a sense of "seeing") everything.
In my opinion, what makes humans stand out is our potential for consciousness: we are EVERYTHING, as a sketch. Life might bring out the odd focus here and there, but ITS NOT THE LIMIT.
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