Kent StephensNov 6, 20214 min readTHE BRATTLEBORO GAMBIT: B. Lynch's Reds and Greys Play Mini-Chess in Vermont(Fenced, B. Lynch, 2017) Though I can never find an authentic source for the quote, Chekhov is claimed to have said that “the business of...
Kent StephensOct 18, 20217 min readCASSANDRA DILEMMA: Paintings by Rene Lynch. Beauty and Terror in Brooklyn EXTENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER 14 Rene Lynch, Cassandra Dilemma: Wild Fire, oil on canvas, 2020. In the first of his Duino Elegies, Rainer...
Kent StephensMar 6, 20213 min readTHE MEANING OF 281 WORDS: Byron Williams of "The Public Morality" Reviews I GUESS I FORGIVE YOU.Like many, I too confess being a disciple of the music and prose of Leonard Cohen. As a pastor for 15 years, I closed each service with...
Kent StephensFeb 24, 20215 min readBY FIRE: Audrey Stone's Intimations of Mortality, inspired by Leonard CohenBy Fire paintings, Audrey Stone, exhibit 2021, Morgan Lehman Gallery By 1958, Mark Rothko had become increasingly resistant to discussing...
Kent StephensJan 16, 20219 min readI GUESS I FORGIVE YOU: A Deep Map of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat", excerpt On the quest to explain the enduring appeal of a song that has kept fans obsessively listening and debating since its 1971 release, I...
Kent StephensJan 16, 20212 min readCOMMUNION RITES: Songs as Unifying EventsHere's Scottish postman Nathan Evans and the man's post that has made him an international meme: Rebecca Renner of this morning's...