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Leonard Cohen Found His Inner Picasso In His Final Work

JL;DR SUMMARY In his final work, "The Flame," Leonard Cohen delves into themes of mortality and artistic purpose, grappling with the urgency to give shape to the remaining fragments of his life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CustomsCreativityPoetryMysticismLeonard CohenMortalityLegacyDivineArtistic InfluenceThe Flame

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"his paternal grandfather, Lyor Cohen, was the founding president of the Canadian Jewish Congress."
New York, United States
"In a New Yorker magazine profile, published not long before the artists death, on November 7, 2016"

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