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JustAPerspective t1_ixefw2n wrote

Reply to comment by OldWorldRevival in TIL singer songwriter Leonard Cohen claimed to have written approximately 150 draft verses of his most famous song "Hallelujah", a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews. by big_macaroons

Wasn't hostile - was making an observation.

Iterative creation, of course. We were focusing on the records of such iterations, the finding of repeated drafts that show the challenges involved in creating. Most people forget that the genius creators are also... just folks, who struggle, draft, re-draft, and second-guess constantly.

These notes, especially hand-written ones, show the emotion of creation as much as they document that it occurred.

You & this one were focused on slightly different aspects of the moment, yet each observation has the potential for mutual inclusion, so... we don't seem to disagree, we were just looking at different things?

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