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Good NYRB (!) Review of Tree of Life

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

—Leonard Cohen

(seen on Facebook, posted by Image, I think)

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I thought you posted that a few days ago. Or maybe you "liked" it on Facebook?

AMDG

The latter. Was it a few days ago? I thought it was yesterday...

Who knows. Time is so amorphous.

AMDG

i agree with this it is a translation and to communicate with God!

Nice sentiment but you seem to be a spammer, because you keep posting with different dubious email addresses and a link to something commercial-looking.

But he's so humble that he doesn't capitalize "i" when he is speaking of himself.

AMDG

Translation to communicate with god....Ita really a wonderfull explanation of feelings.

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