The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the imag…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you. ✨ 'Wendung' ('Turning Point'). Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell, 1993.
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