never-ending gallery

[Geoffrey]

the end of '𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠' has been reached, and finishes with a nice romantic picture.
big thank you to those who tolerated these shoddy little sketches

[Geoffrey]

hello. just to say i am considering dropping out of this ever-dwindling community. a 'forum' is a place to meet, discuss and exchange ideas - and very little of that seems to be happening here. fortunately there are several other internet sites (especially on social media) connected to leonard cohen where there is no lack of enthusiasm and activity. i have enjoyed showing my work, will probably continue to do so until about the end of this month, and then move on. anyone who has my email will always be more than welcome to stay in touch. long live leonard's memory!

[LisaLCFan]

hello. just to say i am considering dropping out of this ever-dwindling community...

This is certainly not the first time that you have announced your impending departure from this forum -- in fact, it seems to be a regular occurrence. Of course, I haven't kept an official tally nor calculated the exact frequency of such declarations, but I do have a very good memory for what I've read, and thus, off the top of my head, I'd say that you threaten to leave approximately 2 or 3 times each year.

Should your present proclamation be more than just an empty threat, I wish you all the best! Cheers!

[Geoffrey]

thank you, lisa. it is true there have been a number of departure announcements from myself, and it is comforting to know that at least someone is observing my posts. you do not, however, offer any thoughts upon the heart of the matter: why a person might continually threaten to leave, and whether there is any justification in doing so.
https://youtu.be/zKm9J2TzO6M

love's the only engine of survival

[LisaLCFan]

...you do not, however, offer any thoughts upon the heart of the matter: why a person might continually threaten to leave, and whether there is any justification in doing so...

Oh, I certainly have some thoughts on the matter! However, I have come to feel that it is rather impolite and unnecessarily confrontational to express -- particularly on a public forum -- my psychological assessments about the behaviour of another person. I have, of course, been guilty of this in the past, but I admit the error of my ways, and I am endeavouring to change.

Therefore, I merely pointed out the repetition of your actions with regards to your threats to leave, and I will let others come to their own conclusions on the matter, should they wish to do so.

[Geoffrey]

LisaLCFan wrote:
>Oh, I certainly have some thoughts on the matter!

no doubt. let us for the moment, however, jump over this matter, as other concerns are currently demanding immediate attention. i will say, though, that i have received two or three private messages, very warm and encouraging, offering very sound reasons to keep this gallery open - and will take these lovely messages into consideration when deciding its future.

[LisaLCFan]

...i will say, though, that i have received two or three private messages, very warm and encouraging, offering very sound reasons to keep this gallery open...

"And is this what you wanted?".

[solongleonard]

I am very sad that your mental state has deteriorated so far that you write you have recieved "two or three" private messages.

It is so simple. Copy the messages onto one document and then start counting. It must be easy for you to tally up.


2


OR


3.

How many names did our fav. singer have?

2


OR


3.


There really is no need for you be intimidated by maths.

I wish you a speedy recoveries


Solongs Leonards.

[Geoffrey]

thank you, solongleonard, for your pedantic message taking literally a commonly used english idiom. to be clear, i received two and a half messages, because the third was only halfway through when i got it. i wrote and asked the sender where the rest of it was and they said they just got bored with writing it. hope you're happy now, you fault-finding little nit-picker you.

[solongleonard]

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[solongleonard]

I am once again (or it twice again) driven to the shallows of sorrow that you describe yourself above as a "commonly used english idiot" .


you be a very talented artist and deserve your own forum in my humbly opiniony. I have influenza with Jarkko and will order him to immediately grant you this, It is the least we can do and I have no intention to ever do more than that.

I don't charge for my comedy and instead wish to serve as a disciple example of the Reverend Al Truism .

Solong

ps I thought that pedant looked alluring on you when you wore that deep v-neck sweater.


pps a lot of people may not know of how you stole a mining area in Wales by falsely claiming there was a seismic division in the earth, you fault-finding little pit-knicker you.

[Geoffrey]

solongleonard wrote:
>you be a very talented artist and deserve your own forum in my humbly opiniony. I have influenza with Jarkko and will order him to immediately grant you this, It is the least we can do and I have no intention to ever do more than that.

thank you, my learned friend. exchanging messages is always a positive act, regardless of content - though what you communicated this time was exceptionally welcome. the matter of having my own forum has actually been considered - though overenthusiastic i am not. neither fame nor money is an attractive carrot to one who has been through the enlightened process of an auratransformation. ambition to climb any ladder of status is, along with one's ego, irreversibly deleted from the personality. i would recommend it, especially to you.
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this picture i call 'a generation gap is really just a communication gap'

[its4inthemorning]

Re "Generation Gap," three months ago I would have commented, "That's a thought-provoking little drawing." Today I would say, "They don't look six feet apart to me."

[Geoffrey]

Re "Generation Gap," three months ago I would have commented, "That's a thought-provoking little drawing." Today I would say, "They don't look six feet apart to me."

well, i try to resist being paranoid about this sort of thing, curt. it is evident to me that there exists a divine power that protects religious people with good karma, which is why, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i fear no evil. for it is written: "who amongst ye heathens by worrying can add but a single second to thy miserable lives?"
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"and the light came from her body, and the night went through her grace . . ."

[solongleonard]

Silly spelling mistakes have altered your whole message! Your post included "who amongst ye heathens by worrying can add but a single second to thy miserable lives?" You obviously meant to write "who amongst ye Heathers by worrying can add but a single second to my miserable lines".

Your lines are NOT miserable at all! Just a few typos. You appeared to write about Heathens and you intended to name-check your favourite 1988 Black Comedy "Heathers". Here the excellent actors, the real-life married couple Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, prove that bewedded personas, and even they of different faiths, can work alongside themselves and be cool and brilliant.

The Catholic Winona and the Jewish Christian were just great. How I loved them and I adored most the scene when a mallet struck a ball against a Heather's head.

A little anecdote that even Geoffrey (Ego your way, I'll go your way too) doesn't know . The first public playing of Dear Heather was introduced by a taped message from Leonard to the Fan group led by Jarkko. Leonard said that he knew there was a Heather in the audience. He didn't know how fast Heather and I had to move from our room to make the transmission.

And something else exciting to cheer you up. My dear friend Athina is starting a new big painting on Friday. The canvas awaits in my lounge, a perfectly lit room with glass windows (normal), glass doors, (less so) and a glass roof (rare). It looks a painter's studio! I am artistically illiterate but she has invited me to brush a line somewhere insignificant. For your further fascination she has always said that I am artistic even though other people's stickmen beat up my useless stickmen. She said that my writing and speech make me an artist. Hmmm, it's the drawing ability of those like you 2 (or three) which makes me feel artistically a virgin.

If she is right then, theoretically, we could both achieve second talents. I could learn to draw and you could learn to write. Hmmm, let's not hold each others' breaths. I think we both know our limitations.