In some other thread, someone asked what fans of L. Cohen have in common. I think it is a consciousness of the fundamental chaos of the universe, and the desire to find a position of grace in which to stand.
People are in agony and anyone who is sensitive to the soul can see it.
We're pinned, and still trying to fly away on wings of desire, seeking love and seeking to be loved, and caressed, and to have the sense that something inside of us is endurable. I wouldn't even say that I love music or writing, so much as I would say that I am profoundly touched and moved when I sense that someone else out there has the same spiritual impulse, the desire to embrace beauty and passion, to take risks, to stretch their minds, to feel love for something outside of one's self. Cohen doesn't retreat from this. His Jesus is still watching from his lonely wooden tower. To find that grace is greater than anything.