{"product_id":"life-in-circles-rilke-organic-edition-t-shirt","title":"Life in Circles — Rilke Organic Edition T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eA t-shirt featuring Rainer Maria Rilke's \"I live my life in circles that grow wide and endlessly unroll...\" from The Book of Hours (1905). Literary organic apparel by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe circles that widen are the life you're living. This tee is made for wearing while you figure that out — in organic cotton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA literary quote organic t-shirt featuring Rainer Maria Rilke's \"I live my life in circles that grow wide and endlessly unroll.\" from \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, 1905 (tr. Jessie Lemont, 1918). Literary organic apparel by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I live my life in circles that grow wide and endlessly unroll.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRilke finished \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e in 1903 and set it aside for two years before letting it be published. He wasn't sure it was meant to be read. The poems had arrived in private, addressed to something larger than any audience — God, or the universe, or whatever name you give the force a person reaches toward when they're alone and paying attention. This line is the book's essential motion: not progress, not destination, but a life that keeps expanding past its own edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis isn't a t-shirt. It's a practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou're not the person who needs the circle to close before they'll believe in it. You're the one who has learned to trust the widening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturned to the same idea years apart and found it had grown without you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstood that the most honest shape for a life is a spiral, not a line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChosen depth over direction — and been right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcentric arcs sweep across the garment — the visual argument of the poem made material. The suggestion of a circle that keeps expanding past the edge of the fabric. The arcs are warm burnished against the deep charcoal — the color of something that has been worn and held, not something shiny or new. The quote runs through the center of the motion. The design doesn't decorate the poem. It is the poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-tee\"\u003eLife in Circles — Rilke T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e — same design, combed cotton. Browse the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/rilke\"\u003efull Rilke collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% organic ring-spun cotton — GOTS certified, grown and processed without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarment-dyed charcoal — the color has depth and variation; no two are identical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnisex relaxed fit — EU sizing; check the chart below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrew neck, short sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash cold, tumble dry low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe person who cares what their clothes are made of and what they mean. The one who has been living in circles long enough to recognize the pattern as intention, not failure. Anyone for whom a poem is not decoration but orientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear the widening.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRainer Maria Rilke, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1875–1926 — born in Prague to parents who dressed him as a girl until age seven because his mother had wanted a daughter; this is not a minor biographical footnote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis most famous work, \u003cem\u003eThe Duino Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e, took him ten years to finish — he heard the first line in a storm on the Adriatic coast and spent a decade finding the rest of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (1905) was written in Russian-inflected urgency after two visits to Tolstoy; the translation used here is Jessie Lemont's 1918 version — the earliest English translation, and the one in public domain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters to a Young Poet, his most widely read prose, was written to a 19-year-old military cadet who asked him whether his poems were any good; Rilke told him the question was wrong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Stanley\/Stella)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSleeve (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEU sizing — measurements run true but labels differ from US standards; check the chart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":42756661477470,"sku":"8541423_46041","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42756661510238,"sku":"8541423_46048","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42756661543006,"sku":"8541423_46055","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42756661575774,"sku":"8541423_46062","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42756661608542,"sku":"8541423_46069","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":42756661641310,"sku":"8541423_46076","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Life_in_Circles_Rainer_Maria_Rilke_Organic_Tee.png?v=1778556152","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-organic-edition-t-shirt","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}