● SOME SPOTS WILL REMAIN forever blind, however hard we try. Francis Bacon couldn’t draw, and people who can’t draw are bound to find painting a bit awkward. Henry James was a thumping bore, and takes up two hours that might be spent more profitably peeling turnips. Which brings us to the Great Canadian Warbler. Has there ever been such an empty-headed writer of songs as Joni Mitchell? And hark! the way she presents herself as an artist. As Lorenz Hart, a wordsmith“Look at yourself — if you had a sense of humour, you would laugh to beat the band.”
