{"product_id":"my-lifes-dark-hours-rilke-organic-edition-t-shirt","title":"My Life’s Dark Hours — Rilke Organic Edition T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace is what poem 6 of \u003cem\u003eDas Stunden-Buch\u003c\/em\u003e is after. The dark hours open room the daylit ones don’t, and the speaker fills that room with what he calls a second life — wide, and outside of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I love my life’s dark hours\u003cbr\u003e\nin which my senses quicken and grow deep,”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRainer Maria Rilke, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (1905), Book I, poem 6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Jessie Lemont translation, 1918. Public domain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second life the poem describes runs on the same day as the first. It arrives at an hour when nothing is being asked of you, and the ordinary business of the day has receded far enough that you can finally see the shape of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoom is the whole claim. Most hours turn up already spoken for — by work, by other people, by the next thing on the list. These don’t, and an hour nobody has spent for you is the only place a second life fits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’re the one who protects an hour before anyone else has a claim on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you’ve ever moved three other things to keep one stretch of the day clear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you’ve ever chosen the version that cost more because you knew how it was made\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you’ve ever found that the hour you guarded was the only one that changed anything\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMake the room.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mark reads two ways at once. It’s an ensō — the Zen circle drawn in a single breath and left open on purpose — and it’s a moon, weighted along one edge and thinning to nothing along the other. Both readings are meant to be there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt crosses the words instead of sitting behind them, and pewter is what makes that possible: bright enough to hold against the cloth, soft enough that the cream letters passing through it still read. Nothing fills the circle — what’s inside it is the shirt. On French Navy that gives you a warmer dark than black does, and the moon sits closer to the ground it’s printed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the organic edition, and it costs more than the standard tee. GOTS certification is what you’re paying for: an audited chain from the cotton crop through spinning, dyeing and the factory itself — not a claim about the fiber alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% GOTS-certified organic ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 180 g\/m²\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnisex fit, true to size — closer to the body than a relaxed cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront chest print, on French Navy or Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash cold, inside out; tumble dry low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Stanley\/Stella)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"table-responsive\"\u003e\n\u003ctable cellpadding=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eChest width (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSleeve length (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22½\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2XL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEU sizing. Refer to the chart — fit varies by body type.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eRainer Maria Rilke, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived 1875–1926 — born in Prague, wrote in German, worked across Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDas Stunden-Buch\u003c\/em\u003e was written in three short bursts — 1899, 1901 and 1903 — and published in Leipzig by Insel Verlag in 1905\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorked in Paris as Auguste Rodin’s secretary in 1905–06; watching a sculptor work changed how he wrote about looking at things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/em\u003e — written between 1903 and 1908 to a young military cadet — was published in 1929 and is still widely read\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Bly’s later English version opens this line “I love the dark hours of my being.” The wording printed here is Jessie Lemont’s, from 1918 — the version in the public domain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMore from this collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/dark-hours-rilke-tee\"\u003eMy Life’s Dark Hours — Rilke T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e — the same line on standard cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/dark-hours-rilke-journal\"\u003eMy Life’s Dark Hours — Rilke Journal\u003c\/a\u003e — the line held open with an ellipsis, for writing into the hour rather than wearing it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/dark-hours-rilke-phone-case\"\u003eMy Life’s Dark Hours — Rilke Phone Case\u003c\/a\u003e — the same ensō, carried\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-organic-edition-t-shirt\"\u003eLife in Circles — Rilke Organic Edition T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e — the organic edition of the line four poems earlier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-book-of-hours-t-shirt\"\u003eLife in Circles — Rilke Book of Hours T-Shirt\u003c\/a\u003e — the same cycle, standard cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rilke-life-in-circles-phone-case\"\u003eRilke Life in Circles Phone Case\u003c\/a\u003e — the same line, carried\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/life-in-circles-rilke-quote-tumbler\"\u003eLife in Circles — Rilke Quote Tumbler\u003c\/a\u003e — the design wrapped, not flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/rilke-circles\"\u003eExplore “I live my life in circles” →\u003c\/a\u003e — the quote page for the line four poems earlier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rilke\"\u003eThe full Rilke collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"French Navy \/ S","offer_id":43137033371742,"sku":"5019981_21332","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ M","offer_id":43137033404510,"sku":"5019981_21333","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ L","offer_id":43137033437278,"sku":"5019981_21334","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ XL","offer_id":43137033470046,"sku":"5019981_21335","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ 2XL","offer_id":43137033502814,"sku":"5019981_21336","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ S","offer_id":43137033535582,"sku":"5019981_21322","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":43137033568350,"sku":"5019981_21323","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":43137033601118,"sku":"5019981_21324","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":43137033633886,"sku":"5019981_21325","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":43137033666654,"sku":"5019981_21326","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/My-Lifes-Dark-Hours-Rilke-Organic-Tee-french-navy.png?v=1786176827","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/my-lifes-dark-hours-rilke-organic-edition-t-shirt","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}