Status Updates From Cartas a un joven poeta

So far so gooddd! This book is great for those who doubt themselves in terms of being artistic and creative. It assures me that there is nothing wrong with how I view and do art, and that I shouldn’t rush to understand it. It hit me again that I should love art before trying to learn it, because I agree that being an artist means not calculating or counting. These things cannot be measured by time.

“If it holds terrors they are our terrors, if it has its abysses these abysses belong to us, if there are dangers then we must try to love them”

Mr. Rilke trying to heal my avoidant tendencies rn help

“It is so important to be solitary and attentive when one is sad… the quieter, the more patient and open we are in our sadness… the more it will be our fate, and when one day in the future it ‘takes place’… we shall feel close to it in our inmost hearts. And that is necessary”

I am a dramatic sad poet and I’m going to be okay and my sadness will only lead to more poetry and a poet can do no wrong

“What is life supposed to do with this heap of half-broken things that they call their togetherness and would like to call their happiness… their future?”

Okay so… love is hopeless, just become a poet who lives in absolute solitude. Got it.