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In recent years, it's rare for a podcast to catch my attention, but I have to say that this one, which starts from the idea of art and poetry and extends the same concept to photography, found me completely in agreement. It's in Italian, but with the automatic subtitles you can understand quite well.
the author of the video is inspired by the reflections contained in "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke, that is a collection of letters that emerged from an exchange between an aspiring poet searching for himself in his works and looking to Rilke, an already established author, as someone who may hold potential answers to his uncertainties. This is Letters to a Young Poet: a collection of advice that serves as a beacon for all young artists groping in the dark. A small booklet to keep on the bedside table and reread in darker moments. Letters to a Young Poet leaves the reader plenty of room for careful self-reflection. It strikes the chords of sensitivity, emotion, and empathy, thus becoming a true emergency manual for wandering souls who lose their way.
What does it really mean to discover oneself? What defines us as people? We often understand the concept of self-discovery only in terms of identity. But can identity also be defined and consolidated by what we like to do? Without a doubt, Rilke's work answers this series of questions. Below is an excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet:
"No one can give you advice or help, no one. Go into yourself, find out why you need to write: examine whether it comes from the depths of your heart. Confess to yourself: would you die if you were forbidden to write? First of all, ask yourself in the quietest hour of the night: 'Am I really compelled to write? Dig deep within yourself for the deepest answer. If this answer is affirmative, if you can face such a serious question with a strong and simple ‘I must’, then build your life according to this necessity. Your life, even in its most indifferent, most empty hour, must become a sign and witness of such an impulse."
Art helps us discover beauty, nature, people, the world, ourselves. In his answers to Kappos' existential questions, Rilke teaches us that the answers to our questions lie only within ourselves. We must be courageous and learn to listen to the voice within us, which, at the right moment, will know what to tell us.
It is our passions that make us different
the author of the video is inspired by the reflections contained in "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke, that is a collection of letters that emerged from an exchange between an aspiring poet searching for himself in his works and looking to Rilke, an already established author, as someone who may hold potential answers to his uncertainties. This is Letters to a Young Poet: a collection of advice that serves as a beacon for all young artists groping in the dark. A small booklet to keep on the bedside table and reread in darker moments. Letters to a Young Poet leaves the reader plenty of room for careful self-reflection. It strikes the chords of sensitivity, emotion, and empathy, thus becoming a true emergency manual for wandering souls who lose their way.
What does it really mean to discover oneself? What defines us as people? We often understand the concept of self-discovery only in terms of identity. But can identity also be defined and consolidated by what we like to do? Without a doubt, Rilke's work answers this series of questions. Below is an excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet:
"No one can give you advice or help, no one. Go into yourself, find out why you need to write: examine whether it comes from the depths of your heart. Confess to yourself: would you die if you were forbidden to write? First of all, ask yourself in the quietest hour of the night: 'Am I really compelled to write? Dig deep within yourself for the deepest answer. If this answer is affirmative, if you can face such a serious question with a strong and simple ‘I must’, then build your life according to this necessity. Your life, even in its most indifferent, most empty hour, must become a sign and witness of such an impulse."
Art helps us discover beauty, nature, people, the world, ourselves. In his answers to Kappos' existential questions, Rilke teaches us that the answers to our questions lie only within ourselves. We must be courageous and learn to listen to the voice within us, which, at the right moment, will know what to tell us.
It is our passions that make us different
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