For as long as I can remember, Leonard Cohen’s voice was a steady presence in our home, a soundtrack to my sister Dawn’s journey. Starting in her college days at NYU, her love for his work was profound and unwavering. I, on the other hand, was six years younger and immersed in rock and pop….
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A couple of weeks ago, I found a little case of cds… music cds. My car is a 2010; it has a cd player, so I was overjoyed at the find. I don’t know how long they’ve been missing, but … Read More…
A poet, a mystic, a lover, a joker — a man. Leonard Cohen, who died last week at the age of 82, wrote complexly layered lyrics, with deceptively simple tunes. His songs coil and then unwind, as images and fragments of stories twist freely into your imagination. “There is no God in Heaven And there is no Hell below So says the great professor Of all there is to know But I’ve had the invitation That a sinner can’t refuse And it’s almost like salvation It’s almost like the blues” — from Almost Like The Blues Cohen’s works are crafted like intricate jewellery, […]
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The mistress of love and harmony, Venus herself, is usually pictured reclining, either ready for love or just finished. The power of the goddess subsumed into the erotic fantasies of generations of artists and patrons. The goddess of love diminished into an object of desire. Her astrological meaning is, of course, much more complex, powerful and multifarious. But it’s hard to blot out the popular image of her as a fleshy toy in the periphery of our vision, and of course, sex is part of her story, maybe especially when she’s in the sign of Virgo, the virgin. We need […]
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