Gott, Kunst und Gastfreundschaft Wie Poesie, Bilder und Lieder uns zu einer alternativen Art des Zusammenlebens anregen können,

dargestellt am Beispiel des Kanadiers Bruce Cockburn

Creation Dream

“Child of the Wind”, 1991

Little round planetIn a big universe

Sometimes it looks blessedSometimes it looks cursed

Depends on what you look at obviously

But even more it depends on the way that you see

Way out on the rim of the galaxyThe gifts of the Lord lie tornInto whose charge the gifts were givenHave made it a curse for so many to be bornThis is my trouble --

No adult of sound mindCan be an innocent bystanderTrial comes before truth's revealedOut here on the rim of the broken wheel

Lord, spit on our eyes so we can seeHow to wake up from this tragedy

Broken Wheel, 1981

Strange Waters, 1997

You've been leading meBeside strange waters

Across the concrete fields of manSun ray like a camera pans

Some will run and some will standEverything is bullshit but the open hand

You've been leading meBeside strange waters

Streams of beautiful lights in the nightBut where is my pastureland in these dark valleys?

If I loose my grip, will I take flight?

Isn‘t that what

friends are for

1999

World of Wonders, 1986 / 2009

Gavin‘s Woodpile