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Leonard Cohen, “The Great Event,” Book of Longing (opens the original)
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"It's going to happen very soon. The great event that will end the horror. That will end the sorrow. Next Tuesday, when the sun goes down, I will play the Moonlight Sonata backwards. This will reverse the effects of the world's mad plunge into suffering for the last 200 million years. What a lovely night that will be. What a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again, and the retired nightingales pick up their dusty tails, and assert the majesty of creation!"Leonard Cohen, “The
Leonard Cohen by Ivy Ney, 1979 (opens the original)
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It was a summer Sunday afternoon, and trendy Hollywood insiders had gathered poolside at the home of an agent, in the hills above Sunset Boulevard.I went with some friends, not professionally, so I was almost out the door when I decided to grab my camera. It served me well as I spotted the singer/songwriter/poet, Leonard Cohen.I was raised in Montreal, Leonard's hometown, and he was the city's very own living legend. I simply asked if I could take his picture, to which he agreed, and to this day
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