Louise Penny titles her most recent Gamache mystery
How the Light Gets In and credits lines
from Leonard Cohen’s poem/song—“Anthem”:
“There’s a crack in everything
That’s
how the light gets in.”
The
lyrics, comments by Cohen, and performances are easily traced through Google.
Penny also expresses great appreciation
to Cohen for freely allowing her to borrow the lines. Perhaps these lines, like the light breaking through,
by
grace as well as perspiration,
call for freedom.
David Wilcox’s song “Break
in the Cup” carries a similar theme. *Spoiler Alert*
"We
cannot trade empty for empty
We
must go to the waterfall
For
there’s a break in the cup that holds love . . ."
Foggy this morning but that photobug started buzzing by my
eyes, maybe my inner eyes, anyway.
A little walk around our woods and light and love came breaking in on
some silent tide.
