Status Updates From Letters to a Young Poet

It seems like this poor guy had the worst case of writer’s block and looked in all the wrong places for inspiration

Greatest 5 pages after not being able to read in a month

Now that I’m reading some context, some small pieces are falling into place. Rilke glazed Rodin’s art because Rodin was his mentor. I’m assuming that he’d appreciate a work of art more when he knew personally what the artist put into it.

“Ainda antes de fazer vinte anos e no limiar de um emprego que eu sentia contradizer minhas inclinações”

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