Messages to a young poet

Therefore, my dear sir, I found no advice for you except this: delve into yourself and search deep within the depths from which your life springs, for in its spring you will find the answer to the question whether you should create. Take it as it appears, without interpretation. Perhaps then it will become clear that you were born to be an artist ... you will find your life, at any rate from that moment, with its own special paths, and I hope, more than I can say, that those paths are good, rich, and spacious. Reiner Maria Rilke, at the beginning of the twentieth century, wrote (Reiner Maria Rilke), Germany's greatest poet of the modern era, a series of moving letters to a young officer, giving him advice on writing, love, desire, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These deep and poetic letters have since become highly influential for generations of writers and artists from all backgrounds and orientations. Honestly, and with elegance, and with a deep understanding of the solitude known to every creator and artist, Rilke's letters continue to be an infinite source of inspiration and solace to this day. Author: Reiner Maria Rilke Number of pages: 69