Leonard Cohen’s handwritten - and somewhat esoteric - answers to questions of Jewish interest put to him by the Jewish Telegraph.
Answer 1: from Psalm 137, verse 5.
Answer 2: from Psalm 40:14
Answer 3: from 2 Samuel 11:2
Answer 4: from Psalm 35, verse 4.
Answer 5: from Exodus. Leviticus 19:36
(Answers 3 and 4 are from 2 Samuel 11:2 “You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you…”
(Cohen’s translation)
From The handwriting of Leonard Cohen (originally from the now extinct Carter’s Bird on a Wire website)
And We’re Still Making Love In My Secret Life - A Video For Julie: The poignant “In My Secret Life” by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson is the soundtrack for a series of images of my life with Julie, my much-beloved, fiercely smart, extraordinarily talented and sexy wife, who died in 1999 from cancer diagnosed the week of our wedding nearly 20 years earlier.
Summer Camp Snapshot: Leonard Cohen (from right), Anne Sherman, Aviva Cantor, and Irving Layton (1957)
Leonard Cohen, Summer Camp Counselor - scary thought, eh?
The (Previously*) Smokey Life of Leonard Cohen #4. From Leonard Cohen Was Smokin’
Other Smoking Pictures Of Leonard Cohen:
- The (Previously*) Smokey Life of Leonard Cohen #3
- The (Previously*) Smokey Life of Leonard Cohen #2
- The (Previously*) Smokey Life of Leonard Cohen
* See Leonard Cohen – From Marlboro Man To Anti-smoking Troubadour
Shades of Leonard Cohen #19. Shown is a drawing by Leonard Cohen.
A gallery comprising all previously published Shades of Leonard Cohen, including today’s post, can be viewed at Collected Shades Of Leonard Cohen.
Leonard Cohen and Rebecca De Mornay when they were an item in the early 1990s. Also a nice example of the always well-turned-out singer-songwriter in full dude regalia.
Leonard Cohen World Tour concert at Sint-Pietersplein (St Peter’s Square) in Gent, Belgium Aug 21, 22, 23 2010. Photo by Hans Kloss. More photos and videos at Leonard Cohen Gent Concerts – Sights & Sounds
Leonard Cohen’s daughter, Lorca, and his son, Adam. Just in case you need wallet snapshots of the kids.
Dominique Issermann and Leonard Cohen from Then We Take Trouville – The Making Of The Leonard Cohen First We Take Manhattan Video
Winner - Honorable Mention at the 1988 Festival Of Postcards Discouraging Beach Vacations
Shades (and kombolói) of Leonard Cohen #18.
Kombolói: This is your chance to impress your friends with your grasp of Leonard Cohen trivia (admittedly, this assumes you have the right kind of friends). Dangling from Cohen’s right hand is a set of kombolói, a Greek version of worry beads that resemble prayer beads but have no religious significance. Leonard Cohen has continued to use them since living on Hydra (they have showed up in various photos taken during the Leonard Cohen World Tour). He has also given them to band members and his backup singers.
The photo is from GQ; I found it while rummaging around the wonderful Speaking Cohen site.
A gallery comprising all previously published Shades of Leonard Cohen, including today’s post, can be viewed at Collected Shades Of Leonard Cohen.
The (Previously*) Smokey Life of Leonard Cohen #3
* For an explanation of the “previously, see Leonard Cohen – From Marlboro Man To Anti-smoking Troubadour
Other Smoking Pictures Of Leonard Cohen:
Globe Arena (site of August 8, 2010 Leonard Cohen Concert) set against the Stockholm cityscape
