Mandy Martin, Puritjarra 2, 2005. For further information on MANDY MARTIN, refer here: http://www.mandy-martin.com/
If there are diverse kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing place, then we need to learn to value the different ways each of us sees a single place that is significant, but differently so, for each perspective.
adrift on a sea of information at a time when the world's night is a destitute time. In the age of the world's night, the abyss of the world must be endured.
--Adelaide is home. Relaxation is Victor Harbor. I'm a frustrated photographer who has lost his way in life.I have trouble coping in the technological mode of being of our complex digital world.
I watched a DVD of a tribute to Leonard Cohen entitled I'm your Man. The movie, produced by Hal Willner, was based on a January 2005 tribute show at the Sydney Opera House titled "Came So Far for Beauty".
I didn't enjoy the interpretations of Cohen's songbook apart from Martha Wainwright's "The Traitor" and "Suzanne" by Nick Cave, Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen. Another high note was the performance by Leonard Cohen and U2 of "Tower of Song" at the end of the movie. This was filmed specifically for the movie, in New York in May 2005. It highlights that Cohen, in spite of his technical vocal limitations, is as gifted a performer as he is a songwriter.
I missed Cohen on his recent visit to Australia. But I found this excerpt from Leonard Cohen's Live in London Concert, which was recorded live on July 17, 2008 at London's O2 Arena:
The Canadian singer had returned from a Buddhist monastery to discover that his business manager had stolen his retirement money. The two-disc set recorded live at London's O2 Arena was part of the tour to help rebuild his retirement.
This is Cohen performing A Thousand Kisses Deep from the same London concert:
