LEONARD COHEN FOR DUMMIES, by Steiner

LEONARD COHEN FOR DUMMIES

by Steiner

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1.	The Unquantifiable Benefits of Acknowledging Our Darkness 12:18	lyrics	buy track
I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. (L. Cohen, "I heard of a man ...", from his poetry collection "Let Us Compare Mythologies") “I said I was ready to die recently but that was an exaggeration. One is given to dramatization. I intend to live forever.” “There’s torture, and there’s killing And there’s all my bad reviews The war, the children missing Lord, it's almost like the blues." “So I let my heart get frozen To keep away the rot My father says I’m chosen My mother says I’m not I listen to their story Of the Gypsies and the Jews It was good, it wasn’t boring It was almost like the blues”. Pretending that sadness and death don’t exist will not help us escape them. To the contrary, ignoring our darkness is precisely what breeds leaders who capitalize big on that ignorance. Leonard Cohen reminds us that we can spend our lives trying to figure out how to live forever. Or that we can enjoy the ride and help the next generation do the same.
2.	Why Leonard Cohen's Poetry Should Be Part of Sex-Ed Curriculums Around the World 12:02	lyrics	buy track
"You came to me this morning And you handled me like meat You'd have to be a man to know How good that feels, how sweet. I loved you when you opened Like a lily to the heat You see, I am just another snowman Standing in the rain and sleet Who loved you with his frozen love His second hand physique With all he is and all he was A thousand kisses deep. Our perfect porn aristocrat So elegant, so cheap I'm old but I'm still into that A thousand kisses deep." "Your crazy fragrance all around You secrets all in view My lost, my lost was saying found My don’t was saying do. They ought to give my heart a medal For letting go of you When I turned my back to the devil I turned my back to the angel too. " “I’m traveling light It’s au revoir My once so bright My fallen star I’m running late They’ll close the bar I used to play One mean guitar” Leonard Cohen is here to remind us that we can spend our lives trying to figure out how to live forever. Or that we can enjoy the ride and help the next generation do the same. "I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah"

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In this album you will hear podcasts in which I will talk about some of my favorite poems and songs of Leonard Cohen.

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released November 7, 2016

Photo © IRA NADEL: "September 21, 1979. Leonard Cohen celebrates his 45th birthday with a friend from Romania.

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COSMIN GHEORGHE San Francisco, California

Cosmin Gheorghe, MD is a San Francisco Bay Area consultant, professor, author and licensed psychotherapist. His work focuses on the ways culture, globalization and technology influence human development and social relationships.

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