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Letters to a Young Poet
Though these letters are addressed to “young poets” specifically, I believe that any sort of artist can take something from Rilke’s advice.
In 1903, Rilke had received a letter from a young poet lost in the throes of self-doubt, which isn’t unusual for any person of that age. Throughout their exchange, Rilke makes a... See more
altheaonpaperinstagram.comTo be an artist is this: not to count or to reckon: to ripen like a tree which does not force its sap, but in the storms of spring stands confident without being afraid that afterwards no summer may come. The summer comes all right. But it only comes to the patient, to those who are there as carefree and quiet and immense, as if eternity lay before
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In the early 20th century, Rilke wrote a wonderful series of letters to a young poet in which he counseled, "Be patient with all that is unresolved in your heart." He said, "Try to love the questions themselves as though they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language." He said, "Don't try to reach for the answers which could not... See more