“The writer is ambivalent by nature…Our interest in things was never real. It wasn’t genuine, or wholehearted. We were mostly interested in life as material for the line, the verse, the story.” Leonard Cohen

Allan Showalter

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The writer is ambivalent by nature. That’s who we are… We’re ambivalent about everything… Our interest in things was never real. It wasn’t genuine, or wholehearted. We were mostly interested in life as material for the line, the verse, the story. Unfortunately, that didn’t keep us from running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to feel a little better, looking for a buzz. Anything to escape the anguish.

 

Leonard Cohen

 

From Matters Of Vital Interest by Eric Lerner. A review of this book can be found at Matters Of Vital Interest By Eric Lerner – The Leonard Cohen Tell All Koan. Photo by Eric Lerner.

I am republishing selected posts from my former Leonard Cohen site, Cohencentric, here on AllanShowalter.com (these posts can be found at Leonard Cohen). This entry was originally posted Oct 25, 2018.

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