15. Rainer Maria Rilke on The Creative Process from Unpacking Ideas

15. Rainer Maria Rilke on The Creative Process

1 hour 24 minutes Posted Mar 21, 2022 at 2:00 pm.

Introduction

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Background to the letters

Advice to others is often advice to ourselves 

Turning inward to answer your biggest questions 

A great work of art springs from necessity 

There is nothing boring. Only boring people

Solitude 

The gestation of an idea

Rilke’s conception of God

Living the questions

Things that are difficult are worth doing

Entering a relationship from a place of already being whole

What the sexes can learn from each other 

Codependency vs. Interdependency 

Sadness and Change as two sides of the same coin

wrapping up/outro 

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Show notes

In this episode we unpack Austrian Existential Poet Rainer Maria Rilke's masterpiece "Letters to a Young Poet."

These letters explore...

-Why solitude is vital for creatives

-Why the creative process is similar to the gestation period and birthing of a baby

-Why advice is often unhelpful

Links to Reading and other Books mentioned

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

Blue Zones by David Buettner

**note** reading is not required to enjoy the episode!

Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com

Guest: Jasia Ries Instagram @thejasia

Theme Music: Polyenso listen here

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