: : LEONARD COHEN : :

I have both the inability and the desire to be profound. I just stumbled across Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" and it has me in a mood. A mood to be profound. Pity that's all it will ever come too. Oh well. I don't blame you for not knowing who Leonard Cohen is. Cohen is a somewhat obscure artist who recorded a whole bunch of stuff but never became a big star. However, his lyrics and way of singing are infectious, to me at least. I've always been impressed by songwriters and their ability to get an idea across with the fewest amount of words possible. Anyone can write, but to write complete thoughts in a few words is a special gift. It is said that brevity is the soul of wit. That applies to everything written. Songwriters do it best and Cohen is very good at it. I've been working hard at being brief and I feel that I am half way there. I guess that means I have the soul of a half-wit.