An Empowering Message From a Poet on Living an Authentic and Creative Life
Letters from Rainer Maria Rilke to all writers
Inside the pages of a small book are musings on life, love, relationships, feminism, God, and through it all, the nature of being a creative person and a writer. Letters to a Young Poet may be pocket-sized but it is beautiful.
The book contains 10 letters from Rainer Maria Rilke to Frank Kappus over the period of five years from Feb 1903 to December 1908. In these letters Rainer takes the role of a mentor to the poet, trying his best to inspire and encourage the young man while sharing his thoughts on every aspect of life. And wise is the advice!
As writers we all experience self-doubt, it is inescapable, but Rainer asks, what if instead of being suffocated by it and left wordless, we could use those insecurities to our advantage?
Your doubts can become a good quality if you school them. They must grow to be knowledgeable, they must learn to be critical. As soon as they begin to spoil something for you ask them why a thing is ugly, demand hard evidence, test them, and you will perhaps find them at a loss and short of an answer, or perhaps mutinous. But do not give in, request arguments, and act with this kind of attentiveness and consistency every single time, and…
