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Jarkko

Now, who was it that said Leonard has no sense of humour ? Way to go, Len baby.....

Looks like drool on the chin, and the eyes are a bit out of alignment, you can call it inner peace and harmony, I call it old age.

I loved it, and Linda don't forget with age comes wisdom.
Altinkum

His self portraits are great, I love them. Yes, all we could ever ask for comes with age.

Linda,

Your post was hilarious. I almost fell off my chair I was laughing so hard. Wisdom may come with age but obviously the ability to draw doesn't!


eeey

I think we should have a section where we could all draw our own self portrait and post on here. Would we be able to post an honest self portrait of ourself ?

Fortunately, in the world of art, art has many styles and exact replication is not the standard or expectation.

Our own self portrait? I can't even draw a straight line without the aid of another object, so that rules me out!

Margaret ~

And who's to say Leonard's not exactly the same in that? It didn't stop him......even with my best efforts, I doubt mine would be identifiable as me. Leonard, on the other hand, I recognize.

~ Lizzytysh

Lizzytysh, Ciao Bella,

Please paint a self portrait. Try. It would be fabulous.


Vesuvius

Vesuvius ~

I have no idea where or how. I have trouble writing on blackboards....the angle throws me off.....laughable my attempt would be. That is not to suggest, of course, that any other angle for drawing would bring better results . If I knew where, however, I'd try. It would be a stylized version, at best .

~ Lizzytysh

It seems that some people don't like Leonard's self portraits but I think they're really great! It is pure leonard, that self irony with great sense of humour and a little note of famous sorrow and longing... go on, Leonard!

You don't have to be an artist to draw a self portrait. I have my doubts LC thinks his self portraits are art. I don't really think they look like him, if I hadn't seen other self portraits or knew it was him I don't think I would know who it was. The humor in them is a satire of sorts about growing old, if it is not it must be anger. I believe he is actually better looking than that.

I like his self-portraits, too, Tom ~ it's more of a free-form style. I like sculpture that's along those lines, too. He could certainly draw them differently than what he does. It's purely choice. I feel they are intentionally self-effacing/self-deprecating. What would he be accused of if he drew them to be as handsome as he truly is? This way, he's surely safe and has the perfect backdrop for his wit, irony, sarcasm, whatever he chooses. Plus, any resident psychologists/psychiatrists can have a heydey. More fuel for the fodder of "Leonard Cohen ~ eternally depressed"....."Famous sorrow and longing".....that's perfect, Tom. Not to say that some of it's not for real, of course.

~ Elizabeth