tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post4924361559072342170..comments2023-07-21T05:31:02.451+02:00Comments on A Year with Rilke: It Will Reveal ItselfRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-11687456609839309572013-04-23T12:16:20.316+02:002013-04-23T12:16:20.316+02:00What a splendid resource for the book! I am new to...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />What a splendid resource for the book! I am new to blogging, and it took me some time to figure out how to connect. Today's entry reminds me of "Diving into the Wreck", but Rilke adds that we may, at times, hit a dead end. We are left to decide how long to continue diving, before moving on - a challenging task.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105147380152551346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-1361049682960551732013-04-23T12:10:31.036+02:002013-04-23T12:10:31.036+02:00What a terrific resource for the book! I am not a ...What a terrific resource for the book! I am not a blogger and it took me some time to understand how to connect. This entry reminds me of "Diving into the Wreck", except that Rilke point out we might find a dead end. That leaves us to decide when a dive is unproductive - a bit tricky.<br />Dolly Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105147380152551346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-4904424878525244202011-04-24T15:11:38.053+02:002011-04-24T15:11:38.053+02:00Hello, I am so happy to have found this
amazing bl...Hello, I am so happy to have found this<br />amazing blog. Rilke, touches my soul.<br />And the lovely photos. you have are a<br />perfect marriage.Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279846999053851468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-84892350865731376152011-04-23T22:27:50.352+02:002011-04-23T22:27:50.352+02:00Absolutely, Ruth. I think so. Seeking the inner de...Absolutely, Ruth. I think so. Seeking the inner depth of things. It's the best work. It's what I live for.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-83180586172864632302011-04-23T16:04:04.552+02:002011-04-23T16:04:04.552+02:00beautiful...so happy to have discovered your blog ...beautiful...so happy to have discovered your blog today!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-86178270201469015132011-04-23T14:32:08.476+02:002011-04-23T14:32:08.476+02:00exegesis through exhumation!
perhaps we (even) li...<b>exegesis through exhumation</b>!<br /><br />perhaps we (even) live in metaphors and it is up to us to crack them?<br /><br />the statue is a painfully beautiful accompaniment but disturbing too. it seems as though she is cutting into a model, sculpting the leg as such. and the violence of the missing hand! keep what is intrinsic, shed all else. haunting, really.<br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-72484202928647840892011-04-23T14:19:46.333+02:002011-04-23T14:19:46.333+02:00there are riches beneath the surface; jewels, serp...there are riches beneath the surface; jewels, serpents, hobgoblins, roots, all with stories and ripe with reason if you are available to it. see them, hold them, taste them, become them and then try to leave them be. their dendritic presence will meld with that of your own and become inseparable, indistinguishable even! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-41557397205031902082011-04-23T12:48:40.490+02:002011-04-23T12:48:40.490+02:00The way there is perilous -- an inner depth can al...The way there is perilous -- an inner depth can also be an abyss -- and as Jung said of the difference between James Joyce and his daughter Lucia, one can either dive there or drown. Or drain the whole damn thing and be done with such nonsense. I think reading Rilke's "Letters to A Young Poet" now 20 years ago was so important for coming to understand that delving into my history in verse wasn't therapy or masturbation but a form of exegesis through exhumation, finding the mystery in the history, all the great transformations of the mystics and anchorites buried there in the wreckage and silt, the busted bottles and tossed brassieres. The picture is a great accompaniment. Wasn't it Michelangelo who said he sculpted by removing everything that wasn't perfect? No wonder Rilke refused psychoanalysis -- his demons were intrinsic to the work as were his Angels. - BrendanBrendanhttp://blueoran.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-63837699973534729072011-04-23T12:45:30.679+02:002011-04-23T12:45:30.679+02:00The simplicity of Rilke's words belie the amou...The simplicity of Rilke's words belie the amount of work, energy and time involved in this process. :-)<br /><br />But it's the best work (maybe the only important work), and doesn't feel like a chore, for it is excavating the soul for what will move us forward. <br /><br />I am most interested in how the discovery becomes the <i>tool</i> for him. Personal mythology as methodology! The matter of a life that becomes the window we see through, or the mirror in which we see ourselves in the world.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732202925039933709.post-34410061095666922072011-04-23T12:39:28.992+02:002011-04-23T12:39:28.992+02:00i love rilke's letters to a young poet...he...i love rilke's letters to a young poet...he's so honest with this young man and so encouraging - and yep - love what he has to tell about seeking the inner depth of things - so often we are content with what is visible on the surfaceClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.com