I suppose there are any number of historical figures that I would love to ask for advice, but if among them I was given the opportunity to pick one and it had to be just one, it would be Rainer Rilke without hesitation. Rilke is a famous, romantic/transcendental poet from Germany, whose poetry is filled with mystical, wise, elloquent phrases and imagery; full of music and light and romance. Rilke has not only been a guiding influence to me in the way that I write and create, but in how I live as a writer, creator, lover and person. In times of trouble, or when I feel the creative energy building in me to a point of critical mass, I will make my way to the bookstore and purchase a copy of Letters to a Young Poet and read it repeatedly for weeks. When I am finished and found what I needed to in the book, I find someone else who might have need for it and give it away. I have done this for going on 20 years now. The book, while wonderful and useful to me, does not answer all of the questions I would have him answer.So many questions about writing, about relationships and about how to overcome uncertainty, creative energy lulls...I would be in heaven just listening to his responses