{"id":1493,"date":"1990-01-10T18:11:46","date_gmt":"1990-01-10T22:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2012-03-02T01:37:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T05:37:41","slug":"rilkes-razor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/rilkes-razor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rilke\u2019s Razor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rilke\u2019s Razor, Jung\u2019s version
\n1990
\nrazor, velvet, wood, brass, mirror
\n10 x 13 x 2 inches<\/p>\n

Rilke’s Razor was directly inspired by two passages from the Duino Elegies and by Archaic Torso of Apollo. The Archaic Torso poem brings into association Rilke’s love of classical Greek sculpture. The famous last line “you must change your life,” gives some credibility to the power of art.<\/p>\n

from the First Elegy translated by David Young:
\nBeauty is only
\n        the first touch of terror
\n                we can still bear
\nand it awes us so much
\n        because it so coolly
\n                disdains to destroy us.<\/p>\n

from the Second Elegy:<\/p>\n

Creation’s spoiled darlings
\n        among the first to be perfect
\n                a chain of mountains
\npeaks and ridges
\n        red in the morning light
\n                of all creation
\nthe blossoming doghead’s pollen
\n        joints of pure light
\n                corridors
\nstaircases
\n        thrones
\n                pockets of essence
\necstasy shields
\n        tumultuous storms
\n                of delightful feelings
\nthen suddenly
\n        separate
\n                mirrors
\ngathering the beauty
\n        that streamed away from them
\n                back to their own faces again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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