You Must Change Your Life

Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" ends on a note that has puzzled and inspired readers for more than a century: "For there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life." In this episode, JF and Phil search for the meaning of this ethico-aesthetic imperative that Rilke heard resounding from a fragment of Greek statuary. This episode is special because the hosts were able to record it in person while on a writing retreat in Western Quebec.
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REFERENCES
Rainer Maria Rilke, “Archaic Torso of Apollo” (https://poets.org/poem/archaic-torso-apollo)
Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780745649221)
Michel Foucault, The Order of Things (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780679753353)
He Man (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man), superhero
Munich Terrorist Photo (https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany)
Albert Camus, The Rebel (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780679733843)
Franz Kafka, "The Trial" (https://www.kafka-online.info/the-trial.html) and “In the Penal Colony" (https://www.kafka-online.info/in-the-penal-colony.html)
Auguste Rodin, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin) French sculptor