He only painted the Mona Lisa, no big deal. JUST KIDDING! WAY BIG DEAL! Between Michaelangelo and Leonardo, I would so want to meet Leonardo. After all, I've seen pictures of the Mona Lisa trillions of times. Plus, I wonder about the picture. Why is she smiling? Did Leonardo do something to get her to smile? Did someone actually pose for this picture? If I got to meet Leonardo, I'd get to ask him those questions. The Mona Lisa amazes me, it really does. I think all of my questions have answer with reasons. Only if Leonardo was still alive, he'd get to answer my questions and throw imagination into a whole other universe. Leonardo took such a big leap in painting that picture, but what I really want to know is, what was he thinking as he painted that? Was he thinking "she is lovely."? Or what was he trying to get across to the admirers of the painting? What is the picture's purpose?
     Each painting has a story, you have to look deep and hard. Not all paintings stories stand out like dogs in a flock of geese. You need to look beyond what stands out, and think hard about what you see. There is always s



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