tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5429122569174430944..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: The Lord Of SongThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-17299034960325260172008-12-31T05:59:00.000+00:002008-12-31T05:59:00.000+00:00Thanks everyone for these comments.I must visit yo...Thanks everyone for these comments.<BR/><BR/>I must visit your excellent blogsites more often, Beth - they are so interesting.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-42716717042620222002008-12-31T03:04:00.000+00:002008-12-31T03:04:00.000+00:00Cohen's interview with Terri Gross on Fresh Air tw...Cohen's interview with Terri Gross on Fresh Air two new years'days past was a classic. There would be a long-ish pause after most questions as you could tell he tried to make sense of what she was asking. He was coming from a completely different place in his responses to her questions -- yet not condescending or irritated with the one-dimensional quality of her questions. It was a very illuminating interview in so many ways. I've listened to it several times over. Fr.example, she asks him "Why did you become a Buddhist?"<BR/>[long pause] "Well, I never became a Buddhist, I have a perfectly good religion, I'm Jewish. I had a relationship with my teacher, and studied with him. If he'd been a nuclear physicist, I'd have studied nuclear physics."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-91392154978087830412008-12-22T15:58:00.000+00:002008-12-22T15:58:00.000+00:00". . . but there are moments when we can transcend...". . . but there are moments when we can transcend the dualistic system and reconcile and embrace the whole mess and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah'."<BR/><BR/>Two moments: <BR/><BR/>First hearing Jeff Buckley sing "Hallelujah" in 1997 during a time when I was experiencing unrelenting grief. <BR/><BR/>Tears of astonishment, followed by tears of laughter, hearing it again while watching "Shrek" at the urging of RTN who was under treatment for lung cancer at the time.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-68492694696602001182008-12-22T12:19:00.000+00:002008-12-22T12:19:00.000+00:00Fascinating comments. So much packed into such a s...Fascinating comments. So much packed into such a small space!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-16146810879804895182008-12-21T22:21:00.000+00:002008-12-21T22:21:00.000+00:00An interesting mix of comments. 'It has a good cho...An interesting mix of comments. 'It has a good chorus'...the simplest observation and yet the truest!Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-6748628192180832612008-12-21T18:00:00.000+00:002008-12-21T18:00:00.000+00:00Powerful stuff. Cohen isn't just a songwriter; he...Powerful stuff. Cohen isn't just a songwriter; he's not just a poet. He's a philosopher.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, SW.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652718092147177168noreply@blogger.com