I took a class in Zen Buddhism while I was a student at the Claremont Colleges and there was a field trip to the Mt Baldy Zen Center (where Cohen was living as

I took a class in Zen Buddhism while I was a student at the Claremont Colleges and there was a field trip to the Mt Baldy Zen Center (where Cohen was living as a monk at the time). Unfortunately, I was sick and was unable to join the field trip, but I also didn't know Cohen's music yet at that time. I did later play in a band which performed a rendition of Everybody Knows by Cohen and his frequent collaborator Sharon Robinson https://don.dream-in-color.net/music/mp3/01%20Everybody%20Knows.mp3 https://don.dream-in-color.net/music/mp3/01%20Everybody%20Kn... I never had the chance to see him perform live or meet him (although again, later in my life, I lived about a mile away from him in Los Angeles and didn't know it at the time). The Live in London concert video is a must-watch. Cohen just exudes charisma in his performance. Even though I'd heard the audio dozens of time from owning the corresponding album, when I finally saw the video performance I was drawn in like nothing else.