15. Rainer Maria Rilke on The Creative Process

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 Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:17 Translation 00:03:55 Background to the letters 00:05:48 Advice to others is often advice to ourselves  00:09:21 Turning inward to answer your biggest questions  00:17:15 A great work of art springs from necessity  00:22:19 There is nothing boring. Only boring people 00:23:26 Solitude  00:30:36 The gestation of an idea 00:35:15 Rilke’s conception of God 00:41:48 Living the questions 00:48:15 Things that are difficult are worth doing 00:49:30 Entering a relationship from a place of already being whole 00:56:20 What the sexes can learn from each other  01:04:04 Codependency vs. Interdependency  01:09:50 Sadness and Change as two sides of the same coin 01:19:42 wrapping up/outro