The Importance Of Letter To A Young Poet

During the reading this week I was able to really connect with some thing that the book Art and Fear said in chapters four and five. What I found interesting this week reading thou is that I finally was also able to connect with showing he Rilke said in his letter number six. We’ve been reading both of these books for some time now and it just surprises me that it took this long for me to find something I connect with in Rilke letters. Back to the book Art and Fear, I found my self really liking something’s that they said about the fear of others in the artist. In the book Art and Fear I found a couple of things they said really click with me. The first one was that “you’re expected to make art that’s intimately personal – yet alluring and easily grasped by an audience that has likely never known you personally”. This quote really stuck with me because the first photo assignment I did for the MFA program I did something that I can really relate to. But when I showed my piece of work, people didn’t understand what the meaning was. To …show more content…
This letter talk about solitude and how it is important to have it, but it is usually hated. It talks about finding solitude as when we where kids and are parents where busy with grown up things. I to this day still love my solitude from people. I have always found peace when I’m in my own mind for hours on end. When I was in high school I would get on my long board and just ride for hours. While I was long boarding I would just be in my mind alone to my own thoughts. I think it is a great skill and tool to have. To be able to go into your mind and leave everything else out brings peace to me. I can finally take a break from the crazy day and just be with my self. As a artist this is a great way to find what really drives you as a artist because what you go to in you’re solitarily is what is on your