http://labodega.wordpress.com/2005/11/18/because-i-must/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://labodega.wordpress.com/2005/11/18/because-i-must/#comment-52 hmb Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:56:53 +0000 http://labodega.wordpress.com/2005/11/18/because-i-must/#comment-52 a quote from rainier maria rilke's Letters to a Young Poet: "Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple "I must," then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your while life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse." a quote from rainier maria rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet: “Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple “I must,” then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your while life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse.”

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