November 2016

Canadian poet, singer, songwriter, novelist and painter Leonard Cohen releases his final elegiac album You Want it Darker two weeks before his death in Los Angeles at 82, on November 7. The world mourns his loss and pays tribute to the work of a luminary. On November 14, the brightest super moon since 1948 glows high in the sky. But simultaneously America’s game of truth or dare implodes. Lunacy replaces integrity, faux news tweets and chameleon promises go viral. All that glitters is not gold. The value of truth plummets, dignity and equality burn at the stake and as for the future of humanity – all bets are off. So you want it darker or brighter? How do you like your Hallelujahs? I’ll take Cohen’s “Hallelujah” (5 years in the making) any day, any night, in any moonlight. Read More »