The da Vinci Code

This is a must read ... as it invokes your questioning and opens your mind to new ideas.
Since my senior year of college I have been meaning to read this book but I have never got around to it. Yet after watching a documentary in Design class on Leonardo da Vinci ( I went to Borders and brought the book) and I must say it is worth every penny.
This book has inspired me to expand my knowledge and further my education on the subjects in the novel. Thus novel so far has invoked my thoughts and question my beliefs. It makes me realize something about myself and life. It raised thoughts about my education at SLU ... in that I never understood the Philosophy class I took at there and wonder why this is. The more I ponder the question I realize the answer is something that I needed to be answered over time. I believe that it wasn't that I was unable to understand yet more that I played dumb and didn't want to. I shut my mid off from this particular art and could care less about understanding to concepts or ideas. And as much as I hate to say this I have to say that a person that was once a very important part of my life was right on this account. I can visualize the very argument we had over the subject of philosophy and my understanding it one February night almost two years ago. As much as I wanted his help he was right when he told me that he couldn't help me to understand philosophy unless I truly wanted to. (And unfortunately at that time I was rather naive and didn't want to - so instead of just sticking out the class I took that easy road and dropped it). But now I do and I am going to read everything that I possibly can to further my knowledge and understanding of this and the Arts in general.
For some reason my mind has been searching for meaning to life for the last few weeks and all I know is what I can put in my art of writings and the readings are just another piece of the puzzle.