Off Balance

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:35 am

Mr Cohen,

Just a smile, once in a while?

Post by **jarkko** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:08 pm

I'm pretty sure he smiles while he is working on these drawings

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:24 pm

leonard Cohen drawing is like Bob Dylan playing harmonica....even after all the practice neither have gotten past the basics.

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 11:46 pm

Does he suffer with Vertigo?

I like his drawings they show no ego.

smccallon · Post by **smccallon** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:18 am

His self-portraits keep getting better and better. I love his references to old age and the effect it is having on him. Such sarcasm, wit, and humor are what makes his pictures let us see another side of him.
I agree with Paula about how his drawings show no ego. That description is dead-on. The words he writes on the pictures make me laugh everytime!

-Sean
http://www.livejournal.com/users/passthrufire

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:20 am

I agree with Paula's assessment regarding their showing no ego ~ and with Sean's that "such sarcasm, wit, and humor are what makes his pictures let us see another side of him." Spot on ~ both of you.

Now ~ that I've gone to see the drawing itself, I feel it's the most realistic of his renderings of himself. Fewer number of lines. I like it a lot. I love his final words with it:

"an old man
with his pen
deeply familiar
with his
predicament"

Very gratifying to see these words. "Deeply familiar" ~ great phrase. So true.

~ Lizzy

LaurieAK · Post by **LaurieAK** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 1:06 am

I mostly like the thought of him feeling spunky enough to, if not wear, then to imagine himself in a bright yellow tee shirt! (A dizzying color, indeed). regards, L.

Post by **jarkko** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:56 pm

This newest drawing and text remind me of the poem
"Because of a few songs" that was posted in 1999 on
the "Blackening Pages". Leonard has come back to
the poem, and its revised version seems to be one of the
songs on "Dear Heather " (Track 2, "Because of").

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:02 pm

I also recognized "Because of ..." right away. He recited it during the filmed interview with Stina Lundberg in Paris in 2001.