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Leonard Cohen
Songwriters On Songwriting: Revised And Expanded
Paul Zollo
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”Leonard Cohen’s unpublished verses on democracy and its redemptions – a generous reminder that we must aim for “a revelation in the heart rather than a confrontation or a call-to-arms or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":
The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere
Pico Iyer
“Going nowhere … isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.”
Pico Iyer on what Leonard Cohen teaches us about presence and the art of stillness: