Rembrandt's Secret

Rembrandt’s Secret Windmills

   A thousand years ago, sailors  from around the globe sought out the Dutch to trade with. They depended on  them for their ingenious windmills to grind stones, wood and spices.

  They watched in awe from the ships, as the workers, while wearing wooden shoes,  would climb the vast daunting  sails that blew capriciously in the wind to harvest energy  from the sea to pump water to protect their homeland which is below sea level.  

  Rembrandt  also depended on paint windmills like this one,  which is the last of its type to create naturally vibrant colors by grinding minerals from the earth and combining them with oil to  make his paintings timeless.

Hal S. Kataoka, M.A. Educational Psychology  

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