4 thoughts on “Leonard Cohen, 1934-2016

  1. Ditto, goatherd.

    On top of the kick in the private parts, and the death of any hope and unity that a t-RUMP presidency brings us, we lost a shiit-load of great musicians and artists.

    RIP.
    I’m left in turmoil…………….

  2. Back in my folkie days when I was playing coffee houses with a friend, it was the harder edged Dylan and Leonard Cohen that inspired us. I am a musician of very modest talents. But, there was a spirit that carried us along.

    I had the good fortune to visit Hydra, where Cohen lived for a few years. I would have moved there in a minute. One afternoon we were walking a sort of hemispherical path around the small port. A woman seeming in her sixties was a few meters in front of us. When we reached the water, she stripped off all of her clothes and leapt into the water for a swim. I loved that sense of freedom and connection with the natural world. Although now, being in my sixties myself, I am afraid I would have less admirable reasons for remembering the moment. What a wonderful adventure his life was. Maybe we are all “Beautiful Losers” in the end.

    I don’t mean any offense by relating this story. Things happened as they happened. This happened to me on Hydra. That is as it is.

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