Leonard Cohen

Going to the Leonard Cohen concert in Auckland on Friday. I saw him last time out, early 2009. Apart from being a concert full of some of the finest music ever written there was something more, something enormous. A kind of spirit, of human worth and advancement through creative work. As if for a moment all our foibles and bullshit was overwhelmed by just who and what we are capable of. Cohen's spoken rendition of A Thousand Kisses Deep that night was among the most moving creative moments I've been through. Glad he's still here, teaching us, not from on-high, but from within.