Leonard Cohen: The Poet of Love and Loss (interview)

[jarkko]

From Jiri Měsíc:

A few weeks ago we did a 2 hour interview with one young guy from the Netherlands on Leonard Cohen.
Leonard Cohen: The Poet of Love and Loss
It's been posted on Youtube: https://youtu.be/GK-wVA-NjFI?si=5cNgmo3f0y86w7UC
and on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wGZl2vwaTe3GINV5PWAHO

From YouTube:

Leonard Cohen: The Poet of Love and Loss - Jiri Měsíc

Dr. Jiri Mesic is a researcher and writer who has explored the life and work of Leonard Cohen in depth.

"Poetry is the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."
For Leonard Cohen, poetry and song were not just artistic expressions—they were traces of something deeper, the remnants of a life fully lived. His work was shaped by passion, suffering, and an unrelenting search for meaning. But what was it he was truly looking far?
How did Cohen’s life shape his art? What is the relationship between his work and Flamenco music? And why do his words continue to resonate across generations?
Instead of the usual intro music, I will leave you today with the first song by Cohen that ever came to me.

[lizzytysh]

Oh, dear. Two+ hours, this interview! I'll need to return to it. I started watching and then noticed the red indicator of time into it and then saw the length. I'm awake now in the early AM and still need sleep.