Re: Leonard Cohen, Operative? (Ann Diamond material)
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:01 am
AD here. I completely agree with Identity about the need for editing. On the other hand, as I keep saying, The Man Next Door is a memoir. That implies a need to be honest. At 28, a woman is often hormonally driven and easily confused by personal issues, peculiar dreams etc. You may have heard of something called "feminine intuition" or perhaps you've listened in when women get together for coffee and chat about their lives. Nowadays no one would argue that women should be seen and not heard - however Leonard did tell me that the first time we met. Not something i could repeat to by feminist cronies, but in my life, curiosity often has trumped ideology.
As for the "light babies" - have you ever seen one? They are hard to forget if you have. In the final chapter of TMND, my informant "Diana" mentions creating them with her hands on the same night she claims Leonard began composing Hallelujah.
If you were to sit down for a chat with anyone who actually knew Leonard in those days, and before and after, you would hear many strange stories. Stories are raw material: they are not the same as critical analysis. Yet you can't just dismiss all the storytellers on the grounds that they are talking about events you never experienced because you weren't there. The holocaust springs to mind... many who weren't in it have always denied it.
This discussion is very interesting. Maybe someone will send me that mysterious pm so I can deconstruct it?
As for the "light babies" - have you ever seen one? They are hard to forget if you have. In the final chapter of TMND, my informant "Diana" mentions creating them with her hands on the same night she claims Leonard began composing Hallelujah.
If you were to sit down for a chat with anyone who actually knew Leonard in those days, and before and after, you would hear many strange stories. Stories are raw material: they are not the same as critical analysis. Yet you can't just dismiss all the storytellers on the grounds that they are talking about events you never experienced because you weren't there. The holocaust springs to mind... many who weren't in it have always denied it.
This discussion is very interesting. Maybe someone will send me that mysterious pm so I can deconstruct it?