{"id":1119,"date":"2020-07-29T14:56:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:03:19","slug":"cracks-let-in-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/cracks-let-in-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Cracks let in the light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A famous quote by Leonard Cohen says, \u201cThere is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s from his song, Anthem<\/a>, and when I hear the words of this master poet I get chills:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The birds they sing, at the break of day\nStart again, I heard them say.\nDon\u2019t dwell on what has passed away\nOr what is yet to be.\n\n\nYeah, the wars, they will be fought again\nThe holy dove she will be caught again\nBought, and sold, and bought again\nThe dove is never free.\n\n\nRing the bells that still can ring\nForget your perfect offering\nThere is a crack, a crack in everything\nThat\u2019s how the light gets in.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Leonard Cohen first came on my radar in the early 90s when I heard Jeff Buckley sing Hallelujah<\/a>. I have sung Cohen\u2019s most famous song myself many times, most notably in the Tank, a sonorous empty water tower in Rangely, CO. It\u2019s just me with my friend Tim Kirwin on violin and reverberation that lasts for miles. I\u2019d like to think Cohen would approve of this haunting version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Click image to hear Eve sing Hallelujah in the Tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Tim flew me from SF to CO to record in the Tank on my 47th birthday. What a gift! That was almost three years ago (August 24, 2017), as I now approach the 50 year mark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in the early 90s, I was in grad school writing my thesis on women in the American civil rights movement. I researched key players and events, bringing together black and white, male and female. John Lewis\u2019 recent passing reminded me of those fearful times in the decades before I was born. I always associate the photo below with Lewis, who got many cracks on the head during the 1961 Freedom Rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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John Lewis and Jim Zwerg after mob ambush in Montgomery <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
He was so young then, only 21, but already clear about his message and his voice. Dedicating a lifetime to service, here\u2019s a quote from Lewis 50 years later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone \u2014 any person or any force \u2014 dampen, dim or diminish your light\u2026.Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s to celebrating the power of voice, the power of words and song. We all have a voice, even if we don\u2019t always know how to express it in poetic ways. \u201cForget your perfect offering,\u201d and love your own true light, cracks and all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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August 1 marks a new season – connected to communication, the throat chakra and the color sky blue. Three chances to join our next Seasons and Chakras<\/em> meditation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday 8\/1, Wednesday 8\/5 and Saturday 8\/8 at 11 am PDT \/ 12 pm MDT \/ 1 pm CDT \/ 2 pm EDT. Please check your time zone. 
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