SIX at 6: Rilke’s Swan, The Antidote To Exhaustion, An Incognito Musician, A Career-Defining Realization, A Really Fundamental Idea, and Different People In Different Situations (opens in new tab)

Rilke’s Swan In his poem “The Swan,” Rainer Maria Rilke writes about “the awkward way the swan walks.” Or as another translator renders the original German: “the awkward waddle of the swan.” Or, from a third translation: “the uncreated lumbering gait of the swan.” The swan doesn’t cure her awkwardness by trying harder, walking faster, […]