Leonard Cohen 3

Leonard Cohen, undated

Another beautiful photo of Leeonard Cohen (Note 3). 

The photo's caption says it all: "A generous reminder that we must aim for 'a revelation in the heart rather than a confrontation or a call-to-arms or a defense'" (Brainpickings, 2014; Note 2).

This text would seem to overlap nicely with these by now famous stanzas from his song "Anthem" (Note 3):

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

Lars T Soeftestad


Notes
(1) An earlier version of this article was published on my Facebook profile 17 November 2016.
(2) From the album "The Future", 1992.
(3) Image credit: Brainpickings (2016). The photo is undated.
(4) Relevant Devblog articles: "Leonard Cohen 1" at: https://devblog.no/en/article/leonard-cohen-1 | "Leonard Cohen 2" at: https://devblog.no/en/article/leonard-cohen-2
(5) Permalink.URL: https://devblog.no/en/article/leonard-cohen-3
(6) This article was published 17 November 2016. It was revised 9 October 2018.

Sources
Brainpickings. 2014. "Leonard Cohen on Creativity, Hard Work, and Why You Should Never Quit Before You Know What It Is You're Quitting", Brainpickings, 15 July 2014, at: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/07/15/leonard-cohen-paul-zollo-creativity.
Brainpickings. 2016. "There is a Crack in Everything, That's How the Light Gets In: Leonard Cohen on Democracy and its Redemptions", 10 November 2016, at: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/11/15/leonard-cohen-wbai-interview/

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