Themes and potent quotes about the unknown, the importance of solitude, muses, transcending critique, embracing your unconventional nature, the artist’s heart, day-to-day pleasures, and much more in Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. This book came into my life right before I wrote Notes on Shapeshifting and was a steady guide for the writing process and moving to a place that was opposite of what I was used to.

This episode was recorded and posted on patreon.com/sighswoon in June of 2023. On patreon, a new book is chosen at the opening of every month for an episode of this style that is posted at the close of every month. Book club episodes are made to be enjoyed whether you read the book or not, aiming to be leisurely walk-throughs in communion with the work.