• Ageing,  Health commentary

    Hallelujah! … a reflection on ageing, idealism and health

    My love of the music of Leonard Cohen, a music muse of my earlier years, was reawakened after watching the 2022 movie Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song. Leonard Cohen is best known for his 1984 song, Hallelujah, that has had a renaissance among many artists during the last two decades. As a write this, I have Cohen’s silky and evocative voice playing in the background. Leonard Cohen struggled for periods of his life with depression but described his last years as having had a weight lifted off his shoulders that lead to renewed artistic creativity and a successful return to performing in the decade before his death at 79.…